On Mon, 23 May 2005 00:59:24 -0400 (EDT), Jude DaShiell wrote: > First for any blind users this is essential since system-sound-config does > not work in text mode and sound is necessary to have proved operational > before a blind sysadmin starts up gnopernicus unless a braille display is > available or sight is sufficient to use magnification. I found alsa-utils > package not to be in the yum repository It is a Fedora Core package since Fedora Core 2. > so downloading this package from > the alsa-project site and getting the right version downloaded is > essential. A build of that package followed by a run of the alsaconf > script and the sysadmin needs to agree to have /etc/modules.conf modified > will get everything working with an es1371 card though .rc.alsasound isn't > found so a sound won't play during configuration. None of this is necessary unless you insist on using alsaconf and ALSA's alsasound initscript, which is not included with Fedora Core either, because it's not needed. > Once done I usually use > aumix -v 100;aumix -p 100;aumix -c 100;aumix -m 100 to raise the volumes > and alsactl store to save the settings.. It's alsamixer or amixer for ALSA. aumix addresses the OSS compatibility portion. > After that, aplay -q > /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav or play /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav should > produce some sound on the speakers. With other sound cards your mileage > may vary. -- Fedora Core release Rawhide (Rawhide) - Linux 2.6.11-1.1329_FC4 loadavg: 1.80 1.29 1.20
