[lug] RH 7.2 Sound problem

[Nate Duehr]

Uhh, what kind of PC is this?  I want to make sure I avoid supporting
any company that doesn't fully build their machines.

No audio cable from the CD to the sound card?

What's the world coming to?  :-)  ;-P

On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 09:39:06AM -0700, Jeffery D. Collins wrote:
> Your message prompted a call to tech support and I finally have a better
> understanding of
> the situation.  They didn't install an analog cable from
> the CDROM to the sound card, so sound in Linux won't work.  As you mentioned
> below,
> digital sound is enabled in W2K.  Apparently, by going into the control
> panel for the CDROM
> and disabling digital sound, the front jack will start working again for all
> OSs.  If I also install
> an analog cable from the CDROM to the sound card, sound should start working
> under
> linux.
> 
> Does anyone know if Linux will support CDs digitally as W2K does?
> 
> --
> Jeffery Collins (http://www.boulder.net/~jcollins)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hugh Brown" <hugh at vecna.com>
> To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [lug] RH 7.2 Sound problem
> 
> 
> > Windows2K will play cd's digitally (i.e. the cable from the cd drive to
> > the sound card doesn't have to be there).
> 
> 
> >
> > So, make sure the cable is connected.  Can you plug a pair of headphones
> > into the cdrom and hit the play button on the drive?
> 
> 
> >
> > other cd players you could try are kscd (kde's player) and cdp (a
> > terminal based player)
> >
> > Hugh
> >
> > On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 18:39, Jeffery D. Collins wrote:
> > > I've search the google archives for an answer to this one, but can't
> > > find one.  My Soundblaster Live! card works fine for playing audio files
> > > (eg, play <audiofile.au>), but won't work with CDs.  I've been using
> > > gtcd to play them and gmix to adjust the mixer, but haven't found the
> > > right combination.  I've read suggestions regarding the use of xmixer
> > > over gmix, but under RH7.2 they are all (including aumix) now
> syncronized.
> > >
> > > What else can I try?  Are there any sound diagnostic tools?
> > >
> > > BTW, the CD player works fine on W2K, so that should eliminate some
> > > basic hardware concerns.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeffery Collins (http://www.boulder.net/~jcollins)
> >
> >
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Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com>