On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:18:38 -0800, Mike Thatcher <mthatcher@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well I finally got sound working. Using gnome volume control, when I > set the the "Headpone" & "PCM" to max and unmute I finally got sound > (yea). The master/master mono sliders have no effect. The volume > control which shows in the panel at the top of the gnome desktop has no > effect (I don't know what this is the front end for). However the volume > slider on RealPlayer 10.0.2 works correctly > > Could someone explay why "Headphone" and not "Master" controls the volume? > > miket It could be a flaw in the ALSA driver.... Or, you could have your speakers plugged into the wrong port on your sound card.. I did that once and for weeks I couldn't figure out why.