no sound in Mandrake 9.1?

GTBlackwell · 10-09-2003, 03:16 AM

I've checked all my connections and mixer settings but can't seem to figure out why my computer will not make a single sound. No matter what program is used (even my TV card). Any ideas?

salparadise · 10-09-2003, 03:55 AM

what make/type of sound card are you using?

GTBlackwell · 10-09-2003, 05:15 AM

The sound card is (correctly recognized by Mandrake as) a Sound Blaster Live! card. I had Red Hat installed previously and it worked fine (though I couldn't play audio CD's, but I suspect that had more to do with my DVD drive).

iainr · 10-09-2003, 05:37 AM

Try aumix -v100 in case the volume is just set to 0 by default. If that works, aumix -v100 -S will save the settings to .aumixrc so it gets set every time you log in.

Iain.

GTBlackwell · 10-09-2003, 12:51 PM

I've already tried changing the settings in aumix. None of them has any effect

quatsch · 10-09-2003, 12:59 PM

try run
draksound
and see if it helps to choose a different driver (some cards have more than one - I had to choose a different one from the one mandrake used by default).

You can draksound from a terminal (by that command, as root) or in mandrake control center (I think under sound).

mac_phil · 10-09-2003, 03:35 PM

If you're running KDE, try turning off its sound system. (I believe under KDE control center.)

at command prompt type sndcnfg as root. See if it picks a different config, then test it.

Try a google.com/groups search for linx + your sound card.