Repost: FC3: Static on VIA AC97 Audio Controller

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On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 19:20, Ken Barber wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 November 2004 8:01 am, Philip A. Chapman wrote:
> > I have a laptop which has a VIA Tech sound chip.  The Chip is identified
> > as "VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC Audio Controller" in /etc/sysconfig/hwconfig.
> > The snd-via82xx module is being used for this chip.
> >
> > When I play .ogg files through winamp or ogg123, I get sound that is low
> > volume and has a lot of static. 
> 
> I don't know whether or not this is the same issue I see with my audio card.  
> I had loud hissing, starting with FC2.
> 
> In the audio mixer, there are two inputs called IEC958 or something like that.  
> Turning off the second one stopped the hissing.
> 
> If you cannot control the volume with the Gnome mixer, try using KDE and see 
> if KMix works any better.  You may (or may not) be willing to switch to KDE, 
> but it's worth trying as a troubleshooting step.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Ken

this also worked for me in FC2, but not with FC3 - anyone having this
problem? ideas? sound is essential...  :-(


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