On Thu, 2005-27-01 at 06:42 -0600, Anthropos wrote: > I have installed Fedora Core 3 on the subject motherboard. During the > reboot after installation, the sound system is tested. At this time, I > heard the right channel, left channel, and both channels at normal volumes > and, therefore, I clicked 'yes' to the question asking if I had heard the > sound. > > After logging in as 'root', I have to turn the volume to 100% and the PCM to > 100% in the software settings and I have to turn the volume knob on the > speakers to 100% to hear sound. What happened?... > > The MB has an AD1980 device (AC'97 SoundMax) that is recognized as a VIA > 8235. Did you start the sound server in Applications:Preferences:Sound ?