On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 18:56 -0500, Endy wrote: > Karl Larsen wrote: > > Robert L Cochran wrote: > >> I have a Toshiba Satellite P105-S6147 laptop with a standard Fedora 8 > >> installation (except for the madwifi driver set) and the sound on it > >> doesn't seem to work. I get kernel messages like this, and a Skype > >> test call doesn't work. > >> > >> Dec 7 17:42:04 eng2 pulseaudio[2949]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:0 > >> doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz. > >> Dec 7 17:42:04 eng2 pulseaudio[2949]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:0 > >> doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz. > >> Dec 7 17:42:04 eng2 pulseaudio[2949]: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer > >> control "Capture". > >> > >> Any suggestions for how to fix this? > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Bob Cochran > >> Greenbelt, Maryland, USA > >> > >> > >> > > First you must get Skype for Linux version 2.004 I think. Then in a > > root terminal do > > > > yum remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio > > > > When that is done your sound will come back. > > > > Karl > > > > > There is absolutely no reason to remove the alsa pulse audio plugin > whatsoever. Progams that require full access to the soundcard, such as > skype and high end audio apps, can be run by running the "pasuspender" > app to tell pulse audio to stop working until the app you want to run is > done. For skype the command would look like "pasuspender skype". This > is something that has been brought up several times on the mailing list, > and pasuspender is a FAR easier method of running the programs you want, > rather than crippling the sound server like Karl thinks is a good idea. I suggested taking pulseaudio out, not Karl. Yes, pasuspender does work, but it's annoying that should we need such a beastie. While I applaud pa's attempt to manage conflicting access to the sound hardware, I find its implementation rather clunky in that it currently breaks too many legacy applications. Yes, Fedora is "bleeding edge", but it should be reasonably functional as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - You possess a mind not merely twisted, but actually sprained. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
