[Tfug] No Sound on SuSE Linux for SB Live

[Patrick Fristoe]

Well,
I set the sound up on my machine, and when I log on,
'NOTHING'. When my wife logs onto her account, she has
sound. I am not sure why?  But there you have it...

--- Steve Hastings <hastingsmh@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I ran xmms from a command line and it runs and the
> display acts as if it is playing sound but no sound
> and no errors.
> 
> I can't help but think that somewhere there is a
> magic
> place to turn on the volume.  The system
> configurator
> YaST2 has all sorts of settings, all of which I have
> turned on but still no sound.  I run something
> called
> KMix and its settings seem OK, although some are a
> mystery to me.
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> 
> --- Sam Hart <hart@physics.arizona.edu> wrote:
> > The SB Live! (even VE) card works very well under
> > Linux. It is usally 
> > auto-detected correctly, and probably is set up
> > right.
> > 
> > When you run an audio application from the command
> > line (inside of an 
> > xterm or some other terminal) what (if any) error
> > messages do you get?
> > 
> > I'm not sure what audio applications are included
> > with SuSE or what you 
> > have installed, but try 'xmms' at the command line
> > and see what errors you 
> > might get.
> > 
> > Also, what window/desktop manager are you using?
> If
> > it is something like 
> > KDE or Gnome, then there are this things called
> > sound servers which 
> > /might/ be locking things up (tho, with a SB
> Live!,
> > that shouldn't be an 
> > issue since it supports multiple channels).
> > 
> > > I just installed SuSE Linux on my Pentium 4
> > system.  I
> > > have a dual boot with Win ME.  Everything went
> > pretty
> > > smoothly expcept sound.  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I have the SoundBlaster Live Value card.
> > > 
> > > I run YasT2 to check and change configuration
> and
> > the
> > > sound card seems to be configured but I get no
> > sound
> > > from any application.  I am a Software Engineer 
> > and
> > > new to Linux although fairly expert in Windows. 
> I
> > > have used Unix in the past but not as an
> > > administrator.  I can't help but think there is
> > some
> > > subtlety I am missing in the setup.
> > > 
> > > I have tried going through some manual method
> > > suggested by the SuSE help but that did not
> work.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have a hint?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Sam Hart
> > University/Work addr. <hart@physics.arizona.edu>
> > Personal addr. <criswell@geekcomix.com>
> > end
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Patrick Fristoe
pfristoe@yahoo.com
Tucson, Arizona

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