On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 22:28 +0100, Anand Buddhdev wrote: > On Wednesday 09 November 2005 21:56, Ingemar Nilsson wrote: > > > Anand Buddhdev <arb@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > 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. > > > > Could you please describe it in more detail? I use the GNOME desktop, > > and have looked for this switch in the > > > > Applications->Sound&Video->Volume Control > > > > tool, but I could not find it. And no, I am not the original poster, > > I just have the same problem. > > I don't use Gnome, so I can't describe the precise steps. I think that > if you right click on the little volume control applet in the top > right-hand corner, it will give you the choice of opening the mixer. > > Alternatively, open a terminal window, and run the program "alsamixer". > You'll see a screen with many vertical bars, each representing the > volume of a particular channel or component. Use the right arrow key to > scroll to the analogue/digital output jack. When you come to it, you'll > see that it probably has MM under it. Type the 'M' key on the keyboard > to unmute it, and your sound will work. > > Anand I still haven't been able to find any analog/digital output switch to un-mute. But what turned out to be successful in fixing this problem was "yum update alsa*" Jerry
