Configuring sound from the console
William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209
wacker at octothorp.org
Thu Feb 26 05:14:18 UTC 2004
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Mike Pedersen wrote:
> Hello all, I am running an up to date test 1 installation and am having some
> sound troubles. Sound does not automatically get configured on my Dell
> notebook with an Intel chip set. When I run alsamixer I get an error and am
> told to run a graphical sound configuration tool. What I am wondering is:
> what is the new equivalent to the old sndconfig which allowed a user to
> configure sound from the command prompt? I am blind so am not able to use
> Gnome until I get sound configured and the Gnome screen reader enabled which
> is why I need to do this in text mode.
> Any useful information would be much appreciated.
> regards
Hi,
It looks like the standard alsaconf utility isn't included in FC2T1.
In your /etc/modprobe.conf, you can try adding the following.
alias snd-card-0 <drivername>
alias snd-slot-0 snd-card-0
If you need help, call or write. Calling will usually get a quicker
response.
HTH.
--
Bill in Denver
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