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Thread ID: 52677	2004-12-26 09:47:00	Linux - FC3 - sound card detection	personthingy (1670)	Press F1

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307666	2004-12-27 09:26:00	snd_page_alloc 9673 1 snd_pcmHmm ... that is the only odd looking line AFAIK. It should also have on it your soundcard chip ID. Mine says: snd_page_alloc 9673 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm I suggest you also try asking here http://www.fedoraforum.org/ as that is a specific Fedora forum and you might get this sorted faster that way :) Although someone else might have some further suggestions?	Jen (38)
307667	2004-12-27 18:55:00	Hmm ... that is the only odd looking line AFAIK. It should also have on it your soundcard chip ID. Mine says: snd_page_alloc 9673 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm I suggest you also try asking here http://www.fedoraforum.org/ as that is a specific Fedora forum and you might get this sorted faster that way :) Although someone else might have some further suggestions? because i dont really know what i'm looking for, here's the unedited output of lsmod [root@flaptop ~]# lsmod Module Size Used by parport_pc 24705 1 lp 11565 0 parport 41737 2 parport_pc,lp autofs4 24005 0 i2c_dev 10433 0 i2c_core 22081 1 i2c_dev sunrpc 160421 1 ipt_REJECT 6465 1 ipt_state 1857 3 ip_conntrack 40693 1 ipt_state iptable_filter 2753 1 ip_tables 16193 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter reiserfs 244245 1 dm_mod 54741 0 button 6481 0 battery 8517 0 ac 4805 0 md5 4033 1 ipv6 232577 10 joydev 8705 0 ohci_hcd 22225 0 ehci_hcd 31557 0 snd_ali5451 26249 2 snd_ac97_codec 64401 1 snd_ali5451 snd_pcm_oss 47609 0 snd_mixer_oss 17217 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 97993 3 snd_ali5451,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 29765 1 snd_pcm snd 54053 9 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_o ss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9889 1 snd snd_page_alloc 9673 1 snd_pcm 8139too 26305 0 mii 4673 1 8139too ext3 116809 1 jbd 74969 1 ext3 [root@flaptop ~]# Once i've woken up i'll go to the URL you suggested Jen	personthingy (1670)
307668	2004-12-28 01:56:00	I am working on the same problem with the same sound device with the same symptom on the same distro. I'll post here if I learn anything. Larry	l16384 (6671)
307669	2004-12-28 04:02:00	OK. I think I have solved it. I am just pleased as I can be. Here is the procedure that worked for me. log in as root. alsactl -f temp store This dumps all the control settings to the file temp. Then edit temp with your favorite editor. go to the last control parameter which says something like External amplifier. In my file, this was set to true. I changed this to false. After saving the modified file: alsactl -f temp restore. And then sound worked. Fantastic. Best regards, Larry	l16384 (6671)
307670	2004-12-28 06:14:00	now try: alsactl store #0 It'll permanently save the volumes :-) Chill.	Chilling_Silence (9)
307671	2004-12-28 09:56:00	OK. I think I have solved it. I am just pleased as I can be. Here is the procedure that worked for me. log in as root. alsactl -f temp store This dumps all the control settings to the file temp. Then edit temp with your favorite editor. go to the last control parameter which says something like External amplifier. In my file, this was set to true. I changed this to false. After saving the modified file: alsactl -f temp restore. And then sound worked. Fantastic. Best regards, Larry Thankyou Larry I logged in as root, while i was there i noticed that i could update the system, so i told it to get and install all possable updates... 3 hours later im finally following your advice, and have set the value for "control 43" name 'External Amplifier' value false The result of all this????? I have a slicker system with more icons yet to be expored, but alas NO SOUND :confused:	personthingy (1670)
307672	2004-12-28 15:25:00	I now feel a little silly because I notice that there is a check box in the GUI volume control for external amplifier that has the same effect as alsactl. I'm sorry this didn't work for you. Although my PCM sound now works, I can't play CDs. So I'm still working on it. If I find anything else useful, I'll let you know. Larry	l16384 (6671)
307673	2004-12-28 18:02:00	I now feel a little silly because I notice that there is a check box in the GUI volume control for external amplifier that has the same effect as alsactl. I'm sorry this didn't work for you. If I find anything else useful, I'll let you know. Larry Hey Thanks Larry, Any clues can and will, if nothing else, help to eliminate the possible causes of the problem. I noticed the "external amplifier" button in the "switches" section of Kmix as well, but only after you had drawn attention to the "external amplifier" function. Tis good to see someone register as a full member just to help another :D	personthingy (1670)
307674	2004-12-28 23:35:00	Hi, I just installed FC3 as well, got the sound to play during install but nothing in Gnome. Got the same results for soundcard detection as well (i.e. found, but no sound). This is how I got mine to work - I ran kmix and under the input tab, I increased the DAC volume (and checked that it was not muted) That worked for me :) Hope this helps Jawahar	trrailblazerr (6672)
307675	2005-01-01 18:36:00	Hi, This is how I got mine to work - I ran kmix and under the input tab, I increased the DAC volume (and checked that it was not muted) Hope this helps Jawahar Thanks for the idea Jawahar, but alas, still no sound I'm quite convinced now that the problems not that its muted or anything at all like that, but that something is tying it up. This is a kind of instinctive, rather than strictly logical conclusion. Where i think its being tied up is right at the initiation of hardware process. I refer to point 2. that i posted above: "When booting up in fedora, i get to the bit that says: initializing hardware storage network audio done [OK] ------------and the machine makes a sharp disturbing chirp. That's the closest it comes to having sound." This just aint right! I ask that someone running fedora may tell me what, if any, sounds are made to celebrate the initiation of "audio". OK.. im clutching at straws here, but its the best lead i got :@@:	personthingy (1670)
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