On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:59:21 -0500, David Curry <dsccable@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all. > > I have some rather generic questions about FC-2 (Kernel 2.6.10-1.9, AMD > Athalon cpu) sound and CD recording. > > CD matters: > The command "cdrecord -scanbus" returns information on both of the two > CD drives on my system along with a note and two warning messages. The > note advises that the software is an "unofficial", modified version of > cdrecord with DVD support. > Warning message #1 reads in part, "inofficial libscg transport code > version (Schily-Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH ....)". > Warning message #2 follows the parameter listing for my ATAPI CD-R/RW > 24X10 drive and reads, "Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD > capabilities page." > > Have others seen this second message on their systems? What does it > mean with respect to functionality (useability) of the drive for writing > CDs? > > Sound matters: > Gnome hardware browser reports: > Sound cards - VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 audio controller device > manfg by VIA Technologies sound card and a snd-82xx driver; > Pointing devices - PC Speaker, PS/2 mouse > > When first used, the hardware browser did not list "PC Speaker" > anywhere. That item only appeared after entry of "modprobe pcspkr" at a > command line in root. Is it customary for PC Speaker to be identified > as a pointing device? > > On bootup, I have no sound at all. Each time I reboot, I must issue the > "modprobe pcspkr" command to get PC speaker sound. Shouldn't PC Speaker > sound implement automatically? > > I get no sound at all from the motherboard integrated sound card (a > problem I am not asking anyone on this list to address now). My > question for the list arises from the fact that each time I reboot I > find that volume settings on all sound control software are set to zero > on launch. Is this normal? Can it be overridden? > > -- Many of the questions that you ask have been raised before on this list. Please check the archives.
