The problem might simply be because your CD drive is not connected to the sound card. On Sat, 2004-05-15 at 22:55, Ronald J Boyer Jr wrote: > Greetings, > > As my first post to the list, forgive me if I make a newbie mistake; and > along with my greetings, thanks for everyone for all the help you offer > here. > > To start, I have FC1 freshly installed in a HP pavilion 551w: > > ===== > CDROM: Mitsumi CR-48X9TE > /dev/scd0 > > Hard Drive: SAMSUNG SV4002H > /dev/hda > hda1 ext3 > hda2 ext3 > hda3 linux-swap > > Sound Cards: Sound Controller - SiS, driver i810_audio > > ===== > > Problem: > I can hear system sounds, but I can not play audio CD's through any > application on my current system (full installation). > > At first, I thought it may have been permissions, but I logged in as > root and ran into the same problem -- no sound except system sounds. > > After doing searches on the internet, trying to find the details about > my sound card and how to get sound on my computer, I found that HP lists > my sound as AC97 Audio. Further searches produce links to AC97 audio > controller info... > > In trying to resolute, I made matters worse (possibly) by following > directions http://foolish.digitalinc.info/docs/alsa/. > I worked my way down the page to "Loading the ALSA-drivers" and was > guided to look up my sound card (yes, I know I should have found the > exact details first, regarding compatibility - woops). > > A few of the commands list on the above link didn't give me all the > details I needed about my sound card (modprobe?), so I checked my system > log and found the following: > > ===== > May 15 11:13:31 localhost kernel: i810: SiS 7012 found at IO 0xb400 and > 0xb800, MEM 0x0000 and 0x0000, IRQ 9 > May 15 11:13:31 localhost kernel: i810_audio: Audio Controller supports > 6 channels. > May 15 11:13:31 localhost kernel: i810_audio: Defaulting to base 2 > channel mode. > May 15 11:13:31 localhost kernel: i810_audio: Resetting connection 0 > May 15 11:13:31 localhost kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: > ADS96 (Analog Devices AD1885) > May 15 11:13:31 localhost kernel: i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0 Unable to > map surround DAC's (or DAC's not present), total channels = 2 > ===== > > At this point, I'm a bit lost, not knowing much about linux. I won't > hesitate to do a fresh install if it will help due to tinkering with my > driver information and if I can remedy this by changing my > selections/choices during installation. > > If anyone can point me in the right direction, that would be a relief. > Any advice would be appreciated. If anything, please use soft fruit if > you start throwing things at me... I'm exiting stage left now.
