On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 16:33 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Monday 17 March 2008 15:59, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 19:10 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > On Sunday 16 March 2008 18:10, max wrote: > > > > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 17:52 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > > >> Steven Stern wrote: > > > > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > >>> Hash: SHA1 > > > > >>> > > > > >>> On 03/14/2008 09:23 PM, David Timms wrote: > > > > >>> | Steven Stern wrote: > > > > >>> |> In any case, system-config-soundcard sees the SB Audigy card, > > > > >>> |> but nothing comes out. When I boot into Windows, it's happy. > > > > >>> | > > > > >>> | = hardware OK,, software problem. > > > > >>> | Maybe you could post the > > > > >>> | /root/scsconfig.log > > > > >>> | > > > > >>> | Are modules getting loaded: lsmod|grep sn > > > > >>> | > > > > >>> | Did you see the s-c-soundcard System tab it has some functions to > > > > >>> | redetect and so-on... > > > > >>> | > > > > >>> |> On the same day, a bunch of packages were installed, including > > > > >>> |> hal. Is there some way I can "clean" the system of what it knows > > > > >>> |> about the current sound card and let it rediscover it from > > > > >>> |> scratch? > > > > >>> | > > > > >>> | Post the yum changes since the last time that sound was working > > > > >>> | from /var/log/yum?.log > > > > >>> | > > > > >>> | That might indicate what has changed. > > > > >>> | > > > > >>> | DaveT. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> I get sound when booting from the F8 Live CD, so *something's* > > > > >>> changed. ~ The scsconfig.log file is attached. > > > > >> > > > > >> cat /proc/asound/cards and see if somehow it's still finding another > > > > >> card. What does alsamixer show for output devices? > > > > > > > > > > Omce again. alsamixer does not work if pulseaudio is active. > > > > > -- > > > > > ===================================================================== > > > > >== No matter who you are, some scholar can show you the great idea you > > > > > had was had by someone before you. > > > > > ===================================================================== > > > > >== Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: > > > > > akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > Check that all the services that should be running are in fact running. > > > > > > > > > > > > Max > > > > > > Personally, and not wishing to knock Lennart's Pulseaudio, which I'm sure > > > quite a lot of folks have found usefull. All the same though, I think I'd > > > temporarily remove the alsa-plugins-pulseaudio package, then see if > > > sounds work as expected. > > > > > > Pulseaudio, installed as default on F8 appears to have caused problems > > > for some folks, including myself, and removing alsa-plugins-pulseaudio > > > got my sounds back as they were before on previous Fedora versions. > > > > Amen to that. I've been banging my head againt the wall for several > > weeks because sound worked in stuff like mplayer, vlc, flash videos > > etc., but not in Amarok. Removing alsa-plugins-pulseaudio magically > > fixed everything. > > > > poc > > Hi Patrick. Nice to hear your sounds are fixed. Something else you could do if > you have any audio apps that use SDL, is to add the following line to > ~/.bashrc, which will remove the hack that SDL programs need to use > pulseaudio. > > unset SDL_AUDIODRIVER I have no idea whether any of my stuff uses SDL and am too lazy to check, but I guess it doesn't do any harm to unset the variable anyway :-) poc
