Soundcard not working under FC5

["Chris Norman" <cnorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Chris Norman" <cnorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
I discovered it is an acer TravelMate 2700.

Cheers,

Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 3:05 PM
Subject: Soundcard not working under FC5


> Hi everyone,
> i have an acer travel mate laptop (can't remember what version, and can't 
> read the case to remind myself). The sound card isn't working. When I try 
> alsamixer I get:
> [root@sparky ~]# alsamixer
>
> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
> [root@sparky ~]#
>
> How do I stop this and get sound?
>
> I am blind, so sound (for software speech) is vital!
>
> Cheers.
>
> Chris Norman
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