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First off, the install and KDE setup went pretty well.
It even recognized the FN keys which cause issues on VIAO's sometimes.
I got the 2.6.8-1.521 kernel source code, compiled and installed it ok.
BUT, no sound, my only gripe. Sound has never worked properly on the
install or upgrade. It did work fine on the default windows XP ugly OS setup.
If anyone can help me get sound going, check this out...
The TEST SOUND button produces a real soft sound with headphones, but
nothing on the external speakers.
Yes I have checked out the alsamixer tool, and I get those vertical
bars in which I turned the volume all the way up, but I did not see a
MUTE toggle ...
In KDE, Preferences | Control Center | Sound & Multimedia | Sound System:
On the Hardware tab, audio device: ALSA is selected.
They look the same, but have different device numbers.
Also, I tried compiling and installing the ALSA 1.0.6a drivers, and I
used the alsaconf tool to modify the modprobe.conf file.
Using xmms, in Options, I select ALSA 1.2.10 output plugin
[libALSA.so] ... and in Configure, if I choose any audio device listed
besides "default" then I get an error in the xmms player when playing
a file. Should the "Use software volume control" be checked or not?
What Mixer device should I pick?
Using KMix I see green lights on the bars, and the bars are mostly up
for output. I still don't see any Mute toggle?
I am way confused when it comes to the primary source for audio in
KDE. Is there a hiding volume switch somewhere ... its a riddle,
tucked inside an enigma, wrapped into a dream.
Read on for conf files and extra info...
------- begin /etc/modprobe.conf -------------------
alias eth0 e100
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 &&
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ;
}; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
alias eth1 ipw2200
# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.6 ---
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
Using alsamixer you have to mute the "external" column: it's far on the rightt, go through it using the arrows and then press 'm'. (This is what I did with my VAIO S260 and it worked)
Otherwise you can open kmix, click on the square near "Advanced" and turn off external by clicking on it... you could have some other sound issues... if it still doesn't work, be sure to turn off Arts (the KDE sound system)... but before doing everything else mute the external amplifier as I said before!
Same exact problem in fedora core 3 except i tried the external deal and it didn't work. When i try to play anything with sound it freezes up the application.
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