That pesky sound problem...
Jul. 1st, 2000 12:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpYou may recall that one of the problems I reported experiencing in the aftermath of the marathon Mandrake Linux 7.1 upgrade was an impaired sound output capability. I had attempted to configure the sound card from X Windows, and had even attained the goal of hearing Linus pronounce "Linux" for me (it's the default test sound that's played to test the correctness of the hardware configuration), but the end result was always the same: I could play CDs, but not MP3 files on my Linux box.
Well, fellow Linux junkies, it turns out that running 'sndconfig' from a plain ol' vanilla terminal (with X Windows back in its coffin) did the trick. I don't really know why, but I suspect it's because the Sound Blaster driver configured by sndconfig works better than the strangely named driver that the Mandrake X configuration utility tried to shove down the sound card's throat.
To give credit where it's due, I got the idea to try reconfiguring the sound card from the terminal (instead of X) from a post to the Usenet comp.os.linux.misc newsgroup. Gotta love that deja.com!
Cheers...
Well, fellow Linux junkies, it turns out that running 'sndconfig' from a plain ol' vanilla terminal (with X Windows back in its coffin) did the trick. I don't really know why, but I suspect it's because the Sound Blaster driver configured by sndconfig works better than the strangely named driver that the Mandrake X configuration utility tried to shove down the sound card's throat.
To give credit where it's due, I got the idea to try reconfiguring the sound card from the terminal (instead of X) from a post to the Usenet comp.os.linux.misc newsgroup. Gotta love that deja.com!
Cheers...
