> I'm running FC4 with a KDE desktop on a new Pentium 4 dual > booting with Windows XP. Under Windows I can play and rip CDs on the > DVD drive using Windows Media Player without anything unusual happening. > (I mention this only to eliminate the obvious hardware issues.) > With FC4 the system recognizes my soundcard: > Vendor: Intel > Model: Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/RW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High > Definition Audio Controller > Module: snd-hda-intel > and plays the usual test tune. > The mixer KMix shows all the outputs turned on with 75% volume > (except for PCM which doesn't seem to have a mute function.) > The CD players xmms and KsCD both appear to be playing from the > drive but I can't get any sound. On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 08:55 +1000, Craig Preston wrote: > Have you plugged the cd drive into the input on the sound card. Windows > can play music without this cable, but I'm not sure if Linux can. OK, I popped the case. There's no soundcard in the PCA slots so it must be on the motherboard somewhere.... I don't have a clue where to connect that CD cable. My dealer said this machine used a newer architecture but it can't be that new! Are there any linux settings or linux cd-playing software that get around this problem?
