On Monday 14 June 2004 13:10, Daniel Klein wrote: > Hey all, > > I recently installed a fresh debian on my box (I need not really mention > how happy I am with everything so far - that would only seem like > flattery to get more willing helpers - so instead I will mention this > fact and hope to get more willing helpers through my great insight into > internet communication :P). I used to run SuSE 7.2 before, with an Alsa > of version 0.5 something. Lots of things did not work there, but normal > playback of PCM worked fine. Now the situation is reversed: Lots of > things work very well with Alsa 1.0.4 (I believe it's 1.0.4 - that's > what alsamixer says - any way I can use apt-cache to find out which > version of alsa I have installed?), but there is a problem with normal > sound playback (read wav, mp3, ogg, whathaveyou): For some strange > reason, only the right channel plays. Right before I installed this > fresh debian I was using Win XP, and I remember very well that this > problem did not exist. It did not exist in my SuSE either. It's been > like this for weeks now, I frequently change between speakers and > headphones, so I'm rather sure it's nothing to do with either speakers > or connector on the soundcard. > > I am using debian unstable, kernel 2.6.6, alsa 1.0.4 (presumably), my > card is a Terratex XFire 1024 which runs the cs46xx chip (I remember > this information to be correct back from my alsa setup in SuSE). If > there's any other information about my system that'd be relevant, any > conf files or anything, ask away. > > Thank you for your attention already, > > Daniel Klein
Hi Daniel, Use alsamixer and check that the master and pcm devices have both channels unmuted to the same level. Normal alsa configuration is everything muted, so I'm not sure how one channel could have been adjusted without the other, but it's an easy solution if that's the problem, so give that a quick whirl. Also, I can't think of another reason only one channel would play, besides a hardware problem. And it sounds like you're sure this is not the case. Hope that helps, Justin Guerin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
