Re: [gentoo-user] My Continuing ALSA Woes

[Michael Sullivan]

On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 12:29 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> 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
>

OK.  I powered down the machine and tipped it and plugged my speakers
into the "Line Out" slot.  It worked in Windows.  Before I must have
plugged it into the "Line In" slot.  I booted back into Linux and
started alsasound and tried the aplay test.  No sound out of the
speakers...

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