[SATLUG] sound prob on new linux box

[Paul S. Bains]

You're welcome! I discovered them by accident actually.
Also, to turn a channel on or off, use the "m" key. After you run
alsamixer, you will need to run "alsactl store" as root, to store the
settings permanently.

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 12:01:37 -0500
"Donn D." <snafu at urdirect.net> wrote:

> Thanks Paul !!  I feel dumb - I didn't even notice that the Volume 
> Control in the Main Menu had way more sliders over to the right (under
> the Alsa Mixer tab).  I checked out what volume sliders were over
> there, and even though most did not allow me to move them, there was
> one over on the far right called VIA DXS - which I moved up and now
> have nice, loud sound.  I swear I've checked the Volume Control 15
> times and didn't notice that you could arrow right to see others. 
> Thanks again !
> 
> Paul S. Bains wrote:
> 
> >That's an option - the SB live (emu10k chipset) is very well
> >supported. OSS is deprecated in the kernel, but I'm not sure when it
> >will be completely removed. I have had great luck with Alsa, but then
> >again I have a SB Live card. Are you using Alsa or OSS? alsamixer is
> >a little strange and there about 15 volume settings you can't see
> >when the app runs. You have to actually arrow right to get to them.
> >It works well though - I have full 5.1 surround running Alsa. 
> >
> >On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:11:31 -0500
> >"Donn D." <snafu at urdirect.net> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I bought a cheap one:  MSI KT4AV
> >>
> >>I'm debating whether to buy an inexpensive S-b Live card to avoid
> >>these issues.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Andrew Benson wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I had an MSI board with the AC'97 sound. Noticed a few things:
> >>>
> >>>1) ALSA did not work well, OSS worked perfectedly.
> >>>2) Mixer settings always act weird from the beginning.
> >>>
> >>>Check those two things -- not sure how do it with the Red Hat based
> >>>distros.
> >>>
> >>>Just out of curiosity, which MSI board do you have?
> >>>
> >>>// Drew
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>From: "Donn D." <snafu at urdirect.net>
> >>>>Reply-To: "The San Antonio Linux User's Group Mailing List" 
> >>>><satlug at satlug.org>
> >>>>To: satlug at satlug.org
> >>>>Subject: [SATLUG] sound prob on new linux box
> >>>>Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 14:42:07 -0500
> >>>>
> >>>>I assembled a new machine  2 weks ago, and installed FC2 on it. 
> >My>>>previous linux experience,  over the last year or 2 (mandrake
> >8.1 &>>>9.0, and then RH9, then FC1) was on a machine without any
> >speakers >>>connected to it.  Therefore, I don't really have any
> >experience>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>with > messing with sound on linux yet.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Anyway, my new machine has an MSI mobo, with AC97 sound.  I'm
> >using>>>the on-board sound.  When I play an audio CD, the sound is
> >nice and>>>loud.  When I select an mp3 or ogg from my hard drive, the
> >sound>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>(at > least in xmms) is very low and I can barely hear it.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>> <>Any pointers? Maybe I have to do something in xmms regarding
> >audio>>> plugins or something?
> >>>>
> >>>> Donn
> >>>>
> 


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