On Friday 22 August 2008, Arthur Pemberton wrote: >On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Greetings; >> >> Because many of you said to use it, it worked just fine, I re-installed it >> all and I haven't had any noise from anything but kmail and maybe kino >> since then, kino audio seemingly depending on the phase of the moon, day >> of thew week and possibly multiplied by the age of the raccoon I last >> killed, now many years ago. >> >> Anyway, I'm like the other guy who said all he wants to do is play some >> fscking sound. Looking up the various pieces in yumex to see what there >> might be for configuration helpers, I try several pieces but they return 0 >> output, and all seem to be killable with a ctl-c. >> >> Until I get to padmin, now there is a real Super Informative Name. >> >> padmin displays, on the server tab, a whole menu of alsa stuff, every one >> of which points into the nvidia chipsets builtin ac97 audio on this >> motgher board, and absolutely zero reference is made to the the SBO400 >> Audigy2 card that I actually use as the main sound system here, with the >> nvidia thingy being relegated for skype etc usage. >> >> Now, many moons ago, I spent considerable time on this list arriving at >> an /etc/modprobe.conf stanza that made it all work the way I wanted it to >> work. It looks like this: >> ------------------------- >> alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 >> options snd-card-0 index=0 >> options snd-emu10k1 index=0 >> alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0 >> options snd-card-1 index=1 >> options snd-intel8x0 index=1 >> alias snd-card-2 snd-mpu401 >> options snd-card-2 index=2 >> options snd-mpu401 index=2 >> -------------------------- >> >> And if I can get enough of it killed and uninstalled, it will still work >> as I have done exactly that once before. >> >> The pulseaudio wiki/web page has zero info on how to do this unless my >> speed reading is skipping over it somehow, but I've now been over it 5 or >> 6 times without anything raising its hand asking to go wiwi. >> >> If it would help, I can snapshot and post the various screens padmin >> shows. Whoever wrote that gui seems to have left out the ability to >> clipboard the contents. 500 lashes with a wet noodle are in order for that >> omission. >> >> Also, I get the impression this is an administration program, in which >> case I ought to be able to edit some of this, multiple choices based on >> the available hardware would be nice, but as near as I can tell, nothing >> is editable, so whyinhell call it an admin program when it can't? Good >> question that.. >> >> So how do I go about making pulseaudio work like I want it to work? >> >> URL's for answers is fine, but the pulseaudio web page I was pointed at >> before is effectively all advertising, and about as useful as those >> appendages on the belly of a boar hog. > >I got no advice.. just questions. Is there anything special about your >install? Some stuff is locally built, like I track the latest linus kernel 2.6.27-rc4, amanda snapshots, kino-1.3.2, and all gmerlin dependencies, needed to make openmovieeditor build and work, which when I do, I find it cannot import what I already have, and it has no idea there is a real live camera out there on the end of a 1394 connector. None of the audio is anything but rpms AFAIK. >I have done two F9 installs so far, both with embedded sound >cards however, and have had zero audio issues. > >Also, what does `lspci` say about your sound card? Small correction, cards, although the nvidia is on the mobo. 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1) And: 01:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value >Arthur Pemberton > Thanks Arther. > >-- >Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine >( www.pembo13.com ) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Paranoia doesn't mean the whole world isn't out to get you. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
