Hi Paul; Had the same problem with my sound and understanding any info that was available. I eventually got rid of the scratchy background. On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 16:59 -0400, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > * Opened KMixer and on the Output Tab turned off everything but > the "Front" line in > * On the Input tab turned both input sources off > * On the switches tab turned off IEC958 > * I have tried adjusting various volumes The problem seems to be caused by the IEC958 being on. Many people have turned it off through gnome or kde volume controls and still got the sound. Seems to be a bug. What does seem to work for many is by turning it off in alsamixer: Try running alsamixer <RET> on the command line; Your terminal will fill with a coloured bargraph; Right key about 12 bars to the IEC958 bar and type M for mute (not 0); Some people have turned every other bar off by hand for good measure; Dont' forget to turn the Master etc. back on -- but keep it to a minimum number to start with; finish with a Ctrl-c. Try your sound now. Other than that there is Summary: distorted sound with es1371 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161279 After that it gets complicated. Regards Bill
