On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 19:14 -0800, John Wendel wrote: > Gerhard Magnus wrote: > >> I'm running FC4 with a KDE desktop on a new Pentium 4 dual > >>booting with Windows XP. Under Windows I can play and rip CDs on the > >>DVD drive using Windows Media Player without anything unusual happening. > >>(I mention this only to eliminate the obvious hardware issues.) > >> With FC4 the system recognizes my soundcard: > >> Vendor: Intel > >> Model: Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/RW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High > >>Definition Audio Controller > >> Module: snd-hda-intel > >>and plays the usual test tune. > >> The mixer KMix shows all the outputs turned on with 75% volume > >>(except for PCM which doesn't seem to have a mute function.) > >> The CD players xmms and KsCD both appear to be playing from the > >>drive but I can't get any sound. > > > >>Have you plugged the cd drive into the input on the sound card. Windows > >>can play music without this cable, but I'm not sure if Linux can. > > > > OK, I popped the case. There's no soundcard in the PCA slots so it must > > be on the motherboard somewhere.... I don't have a clue where to > > connect that CD cable. My dealer said this machine used a newer > > architecture but it can't be that new! Are there any linux settings or > > linux cd-playing software that get around this problem? > > > > XMMS can play a CD using the digital interface. > > The menu selection is well hidden. > > XMMS -> options -> preferences -> input plugins -> cd audio player -> > configure -> digital audio extraction. > > KSCD also has a digital option, but it doesn't work for me. This works! Thanks!
