On 2011-01-23 14:23, dhk wrote: > The Sound Blaster didn't work either. Should I try enabling the > deprecated OSS in the kernel?
You can always try it but I highly doubt it would improve the situation... What sound related USE flags have you enabled (i.e. alsa, oss[for compatibility] etc.)? Are you using any sound daemons (like Esound or Pulseaudio)? Shut them down. Are you sure you've plugged the speaker/headphone cable(s) into the right jack? Whenever I install a new computer I always put some music on and try the different audio jacks to find the right one. How do you play sound to verify that you have (or not, in your case) sound? For the last part I would advise to keep it as simple as possible i.e. try ogg123 or mpg123 or mplayer (as an example). Best regards Peter K
