Re: [gentoo-user] My Continuing ALSA Woes

[Mark Knecht]

On 10/22/05, Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 08:51 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > On 10/22/05, Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Yes.  I sent the output in a previous post.  I don't use aplay very
> > > often, but I believe that the output it gave was the output it's
> > > supposed to give on a working sound system, except that there was no
> > > sound coming out of the speakers.  I checked and the speakers are turned
> > > on and plugged into the PC and I turned the volume all the way up before
> > > running aplay and still didn't hear the wav file.
> >
> > I'm really hesitant to mention this one, but others have done it and
> > so have I oncce or twice. Are you sure you have the speakers plugged
> > into the right output from the motherboard? Normally it's the green
> > one in the middle.
> >
> > Also, there was a time when the Intel 810 was senting output out on
> > some other plug on a couple of machines. Try the headphone output plug
> > as well as the speaker output plug.
> >
> > - Mark
> >
>
> I have my speakers plugged into the headphone jack on the front of the
> case.  That's the only way I could get sound out of them in Windows XP.

Seems like a reasonable thing, based on the Windows results, but I am
not the least bit confident that this will work with Alsa.

Can you test again using back panel connectors? What motherboard it
this? Or what machine? Is it somethign you built or is it like a Dell
or some other prebuilt machine.

One downside to Dell machines is that htey are SO tightly tied in with
Intel that they often are very leading edge hardware. Good for
Windows, if the drivers are ready, and Dell has enough pull to make
sure they are, but not a good thing when you get to be an early Linux
adopter.

Anyway, please, please try workign with the back panel connectors and
let me know what motherboard we are talking about.

- Mark

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