Fedora Core 3 sound problems.....?

[Peter Lesterhuis]

    *   /From/: Jerry DeLisle <jvdelisle verizon net>
    * /To/: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list redhat com>
    * /Subject/: Re: Fedora Core 3 sound problems.....?
    * /Date/: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:52:46 -0800

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Peter Lesterhuis wrote:

Hi there,
I'm new at this Linux thing and i've just installed Fedora Core 3 on
my desktop, so i hope someone would be kind enough to help me out with
my problems.


After installing Fedora, the first thing i notice is that i can't play
any VCD, DVD or even normal audio CDs; I "tested" my soundcard and it
work find because i can hear the sample sound played in the "Sound
Card Detection" section and i can also hear all the system events
sounds.... so far that is my worries after installing Fedora into my
desktop apart from not being able to access my NTFS partition but that
i can solve..... so pls help me out with my sound ( & video )
problems. thanks



    Hi,
    I seem to have exactly the same problem. I cann't hear an audio cd
    and i cann't play a dvd (movie).

    Testing the soundcard (system settings - soundcard detection) shows
    audio device, model and module. When i hit
    "play test sound" i hear the test sound very well. I changed
    permissions of /dev/hdb (my cd-rom drive) to 664, but
    this made no difference. I checked the alsamixer for muted switches
    or low volume levels. When i try to play a
    audio-cd i can read all the tracks, so the cd-player is picking up a
    signal at least. Here is my lspci:
    ]# lspci
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM
    Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
    00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller
    (rev 02)
    00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
    Controller #1 (rev 02)
    00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
    Controller #2 (rev 02)
    00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
    #3 (rev 02)00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER
    (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
    00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2
    EHCI Controller (rev 02)
    00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC
    Interface Bridge (rev 02)
    00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE
    Controller (rev 02)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
    (rev 02)
    00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER
    (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 NJ
    [Radeon 9800 XT]
    01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 NJ [Radeon
    9800 XT] (Secondary)
    02:00.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3886 [Prism
    Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01)
    02:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134 (rev 01)
    02:04.0 Communication controller: Intel Corp. 536EP Data Fax Modem
    02:09.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105
    [Rhine-III] (rev 8b)
    02:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host
    Controller (rev 46)

    And here are my loaded sound modules:
    $ /sbin/lsmod | grep snd
    snd_intel8x0 32865 2
    snd_ac97_codec 67105 1 snd_intel8x0
    snd_pcm_oss 47861 0
    snd_mixer_oss 17089 2 snd_pcm_oss
    snd_pcm 92233 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
    snd_timer 28357 1 snd_pcm
    snd 52261 8
    snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
    soundcore 9889 3 saa7134,snd
    snd_page_alloc 9541 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

    I followed the suggestion of a post to change the playmode in xmms
    from analog to digital, but this also made no difference.
    I am running FC3, kernel 2.6.10-1.741.
    I hope somebody can give me a clue.
    Thanks, Peter.


Go into the main menu under sounds and open the volume control 
application. Make sure things are not checked muted and that sliders are 
not at zero.

Jerry

I tried this (Gnome - applications - sound & video - volume control). 
Nothing is "muted", all sliders are set  on high levels. Still no sound.
Peter.