[Tfug] No Sound on SuSE Linux for SB Live
Steve Hastings
tfug@tfug.org
Thu Jan 9 19:40:01 2003
Thanks for all your help. It turns out there are two
jacks for speakers on the sound card. One for rear
and one for front speakers. When I switched the
speaker jack from the rear to the front I had sound.
--- Anthony Steckman <humbl@elitemail.org> wrote:
>
>
> There's also mixctrl (from a command prompt) or
> aumix (another graphical
> program).
>
>
> + I'm probably responding to some of what was said
> below:
>
> . Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 21:06:06 -0700
> . Subject: Re: [Tfug] No Sound on SuSE Linux for SB
> Live
> . From: R351574NC3 <leo@leosandbox.org>
> . Reply-To: tfug@tfug.org
> . To: tfug@tfug.org
> . User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686;
> en-US; rv:1.3a)
> . Gecko/20021212
> .
> . Steve,
> .
> . If /dev/dsp has proper permissions and it is
> acting like just the volume
> . may be too low, you might want to check out
> /dev/mixer. Also, look into
> . a program called xmixer. xmixer is a configuration
> program for
> . /dev/mixer. Might be able to help.
> .
> . -Leo Przybylski
> . http;//foopan.leosandbox.org
> . http://www.leosandbox.org
> .
> .
> . Steve Hastings 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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