On Wednesday 09 November 2005 20:38, Gerhard Magnus wrote: > Hello All, Hi Gerhard, > I've just installed FC4 on a new machine that is dual booting with > Windows XP. The soundcard and speakers work fine on the Windows > side. On the FC4 side, when I test the sound with the soundcard > detection program I get this: > > The following audio device was detected. > Vendor: Intel > Model: Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High > Definition Audio Controller > Module: snd-hda-intel > > But when I press the button "Play test sound" I don't hear anything. > Volume control on the Gnome panel is turned all the way up as are the > other volume controls on the Alsa Mixer widget. This is a known issue on FC4. What you need to do is open the mixer, and look for the switch "analogue/digital output jack" and turn it on. Then your sound will play just fine. I don't know why it default to the off position, but it's frustrating if you don't know about it. Anand
