"No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found"

[Karl Larsen]

Dave Cross wrote:
> I've just upgraded my FC6 Dell Dimension to F7. Everything seems to be
> working except the sound. When I try to open the volume control I get
> the error message "No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices
> found"
> 
> Running system-config-soundcard shows the card is detected correctly
> (it's an onboard Intel 82801G - ICH7 Family) but there are no PCM
> devices listed.
> 
> In case it help, here's the output from lsmod | grep snd:
> 
> snd_hda_intel         243416  0
> snd_seq_dummy           7877  0
> snd_seq_oss            33473  0
> snd_seq_midi_event     11073  1 snd_seq_oss
> snd_seq                50609  5 
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_seq_device         11981  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
> snd_pcm_oss            43457  0
> snd_mixer_oss          19521  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                74949  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer              24901  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> snd                    53317  8
> snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer 
> 
> soundcore              11681  1 snd
> snd_page_alloc         13769  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> 
> I'm no expect, but it looks like the correct module (snd_hda_intel)
> has been loaded.
> 
> This was working fine yesterday under FC6.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave...
> 
	It sounds a bit like the kernel problem with the original kernel in the 
package. There has been at least one and right now I am yummiming 
another kernel in updates. You might wait until you do the big update 
thing and see if the sound works with a new kernel.

Karl