On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 12:32:37 -0400, Mike Payst wrote: > I installed a new mobo recently with a built-in "nVidia > Corporation|nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP)" and then upgraded FC1 to > FC2. This is my first time using alsa. My only usage for audio is to > listen to a PBS station using Real Player 8. When I try to listen to > the FM station, there is no audio at first. The sound driver is loaded: > > # service alsasound status > ALSA sound driver loaded. With FC2, you should not have "service alsasound" because that script is not included. So, where does it come from? rpm --query --all '*alsa*' > I discovered that if I run "system-config-soundcard", click on "Play > test sound", then the audio will play properly once again until the next > reboot (I shut the machine down at night). This sequence is very > repeatable. What do you have in /etc/modprobe.conf? > Or, if I do the "Play test sound" first, then I can hear the FM station > as soon as I start real Player. This indicates that your alsamixer settings are insufficient. > Despite a bunch of digging, I have not been able to figure out what > process "Play test sound" is kicking off. Can anyone tell me what I am > missing? Difficult to say as ALSA comes with two driver layers, native ALSA (/dev/snd/*) and ALSA OSS compatibility (/dev/dsp). Much depends on whether your applications are configured to use native ALSA or OSS.
