Startup Sound Works... CD Sound Doesn't Work...

GNewbie · 11-21-2005, 10:47 PM

Startup Sound Works... CD Sound Doesn't Work...

i'm using kscd in order to play my cd. all the cd files show up and kscd acts like it is playing the songs - but no sound.

anybody have any ideas? lmix volumes are all up. i toggled the headphones on and off.

i know the sound system is working b/c i get sound when the system starts up.

does anyone have any troubleshooting ideas?

mhl · 11-22-2005, 11:17 AM

It could be something as simple as your CD drive sound cable not connected to your sound card or mobo sound chip ....

Or is this problem only with Mepis?

GNewbie · 11-22-2005, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mhl
It could be something as simple as your CD drive sound cable not connected to your sound card or mobo sound chip ....

Or is this problem only with Mepis?

good point - i shoulda mentioned it. it is dual boot and the cd plays fine on winxp.

Cogar · 11-22-2005, 01:02 PM

There is also the possibility that you need an analog cable from your CD or DVD player to your sound card. IMO, Windows handles digital sound from an optical device better than Linux.

dogpatch · 11-25-2005, 03:52 AM

Do i understand this thread correctly? kscd just doesn't work in Mepis? And nothing can be done about it?

mhl · 11-25-2005, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dogpatch
Do i understand this thread correctly? kscd just doesn't work in Mepis? And nothing can be done about it?

No - kscd works fine in Mepis, just not for GNewbie. Maybe he's fixed it, or maybe he's given up with Mepis ...

dogpatch · 11-25-2005, 06:39 PM

Right. I was having similar problems w/ KsCD, saw solutuion on another thread: click on 'Use direct digital playback' under 'Configure KsCD' (to correct for no analog cable)

GNewbie · 12-03-2005, 12:35 AM

sorry for being out of touch for so long.

no, i didn't give up on mepis... but i think i have some insight into my problem, although it isn't solved...

my sound starts of fine with the mepis start up music.

then it abruptly stops - someone mentioned it may be a process interfering with the sound. after this interrupt, sound doesn't work in way shape or form - from hard drive to cd player.

this is the output to cat /proc/interrupts

CPU0
0: 1322039 XT-PIC timer
1: 183 XT-PIC i8042
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
3: 1397 XT-PIC Intel 82801DB-ICH4
5: 0 XT-PIC uhci_hcd
8: 4 XT-PIC rtc
9: 3881 XT-PIC acpi, uhci_hcd
10: 2 XT-PIC ehci_hcd
11: 178605 XT-PIC uhci_hcd, eth0
12: 156620 XT-PIC i8042
14: 18298 XT-PIC ide0
15: 46757 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
LOC: 1322049
ERR: 0

can anyone help me from here? tia...

GNewbie · 01-02-2006, 11:35 PM

sound problem resolved with upgrade to 3.4.2 RC1.