On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 05:37:54PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote:
> I've just installed Fedora Core 4 on my new Dell Dimension 5100 and it all
> works very well except that I can't get any sound.
>
> I have the onboard Intel sound controller. lspci recognises it as this:
>
> 00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High
> Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 01ab
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169
> Memory at efebc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+
> Queue=0/0 Enable-
> Capabilities: [70] Express Unknown type IRQ 0
> Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
> Capabilities: [130] Unknown (5)
>
> The "configure sound card" app, finds the sound controller, but no sound
> plays.
>
> /etc/modprobe.conf looks like this:
>
> alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> options snd-hda-intel index=0
> remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel
> alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
> alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
> alias eth1 e100
> alias eth0 orinoco_pci
>
> When I run alsamixer, it only shows one channel - PCM. I'd expect to see a
> number of channels.
>
> If anyone has had any luck getting this to work, I'd be very interested in
> hearing how.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave...
>
Again this seems like a classic case that requires running alsamixer
and increasing the output on relevant channels.
The Application-> Sound and Video -> Volume Control might also help.
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