FC2 Sound Card problem, using mp3, XMMS too loud, Rhythmbox too quiet.

[Ted Gervais]

On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 11:30, Dave wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 10:13, Dave wrote:
> 
> > With FC1 XMMS/Rhythmbox/Soundcard detection work okay but with FC2 when
> > I *first* start XMMS the volume level is always 100% and the sound blows
> > even my weedy speakers into the next garden! So I have to quickly reduce
> > it to about 50% to listen in comfort. But after closing and restaring
> > XMMS the sound level is set to the previous input I used.
> > 
> 
> Well I've been twiddling all day and after looking at a few pages I went
> to this one:-
> http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=247
> and ran alsamixer as root and put everything to max including some
> sliders way over on the right. After escaping out the desktop sounds
> started and the Souncard Detection Utility worked correctly. XMMS and
> Rhythmbox are now working okay although XMMS still starts up first time
> with 100% vol but I can handle that now that the two sound outputs are
> equal.
> 
> Although whilst playing back through XMMS and opening the sound controls
> produces some background interference so I'll stay away from that for a
> while!!
> 
> I just wonder now whether I can live with 'Sound for events' or risk
> something going wrong if I turn it off :(
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dave

Dave - did you get your 'sound for events to work too?  I mean you have
your other sound/music playing etc., but for KDE - do you have those
event sounds working now??

If so - how did you get them turned on (again)????

-- 
Ted Gervais
Coldbrook, Nova Scotia
Canada.