dell sound and fedora

[John Wendel]

Ken Morris wrote:
> Langer, Christian wrote:
> 
>> I have a dell dimension 3000 on which fedora 3 works, however there is
>> no sound.  Would Dell have needed drivers do you think? Or maybe
>> something else is missing? Sound card is integrated on the motherboard;
>> during Fedora install the sound test worked ok. But there is no sound
>> from cds or movies.
>>
>> Chris Langer
>> Clanger.christian at gmail.com
>>
>>  
>>
> I have a Dell 2400 and had the same problem. Dell did not install the 
> analog signal cable between the CDROM and the motherboard and apparently 
> the Linux cdplayers etc use the analog signal. Cables are avialable at 
> Frys etc for less than $5.
> 
> Ken Morris
> Galveston, Texas
> 

XMMS will play cds using a digital interface. No analog cable required.

Regards,

John