Hi; I have posted here a couple of times with sound problems and received no reply. I may be wrong but I think my sound problems are basically installation problems and I also think they are 2 or 3 different problems intermixed. I have been working on this problem for over 6 weeks and don't seem to be any closer to a solution than when I started. My problems are: 1) My event sounds all have scratchy or hissy backgrounds 2) My /dev/*(sound) permissions seem all screwed up 3) All the modules seem to be there (except one for synthesizer?? -- which is required in WindowsXP) 4) Most but not all of my sound programs can't find my sound card. 5) tvtime switches to 'line-in' even though it is set for PCM. 6) system-config-soundcard plays the test sample but has the worst distortion of all. 7) and more and more ..... I have googled, checked the ALSA site, checked all the Fedora (including bugzilla) and Linux sites I can find. I have noticed several posted ALSA problems similar to mine but seldom any posted solutions. I have reams of data from lsmode, /dev/*, /proc/, PAM, /boot/config-2.6 etc. that I will share if anyone thinks they can help. I am using P4 on a Intel 82850 motherboard, Ensoniq 5889 AudioPCI sound card using the snd_ens1371 driver and an ATI TV Wonder tuner. Also listed is Brooktree Bt878 video capture and Bt878 audio capture. My Linux is Fedora Core 4. I have sound -- sorta -- but my frustration level is climbing daily. I can't figure out if I am doing something so stupid that no one can bother replying, or because no one else knows what I am talking about or because I am asking in the wrong place? A reply to this last question alone would be a big help Regards Bill
