FC8, lost sound

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 17:52 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Steven Stern wrote:
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> > On 03/14/2008 09:23 PM, David Timms wrote:
> > | Steven Stern wrote:
> > |> In any case, system-config-soundcard sees the SB Audigy card, but
> > |> nothing comes out.  When I boot into Windows, it's happy.
> > | = hardware OK,, software problem.
> > | Maybe you could post the
> > | /root/scsconfig.log
> > |
> > | Are modules getting loaded: lsmod|grep sn
> > |
> > | Did you see the s-c-soundcard System tab it has some functions to
> > | redetect and so-on...
> > |
> > |> On the same day, a bunch of packages were installed, including hal.
> > |> Is there some way I can "clean" the system of what it knows about the
> > |> current sound card and let it rediscover it from scratch?
> > | Post the yum changes since the last time that sound was working from
> > | /var/log/yum?.log
> > |
> > | That might indicate what has changed.
> > |
> > | DaveT.
> > |
> > I get sound when booting from the F8 Live CD, so *something's* changed.
> > ~ The scsconfig.log file is attached.
> > 
> cat /proc/asound/cards and see if somehow it's still finding another 
> card. What does alsamixer show for output devices?

Make sure the cat didn't rub itself against the power plug and yank it
out. <grins hugely> I've had that happen to me and only found it after
cursing and swearing for several days. Ric

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