On Wednesday 24 September 2003 13:14, Ori Idan wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 September 2003 12:23, Oded Arbel wrote:
> > On Wednesday 24 September 2003 12:08, Ori Idan wrote:
> > > I tried what Shlomi Fish had suggested, installed sndconfig and run it.
> > > It said this sound module is not yet supported, it is strange since
> > > lsmod responded that there is a module named via82cxxx_audio loaded.
> >
> > via82cxxx_audion is an OSS module, while you appear to be using ALSA (all
> > the modules that start with snd-*). The problem with sndconfig and
> > Mandrake is that sndconfig is a redhat tool (it even says so on the
> > title) that does not support ALSA, while Mandrake includes ALSA for a
> > long time now and its own internal hardware utilities (harddrake) prefer
> > ALSA modules (and rightly so).
> >
> > I also have a VIA with on board sound, just don't remember the exact
> > model (not infront of me now), and for me the intel AC97 codec driver
> > (snd-intel8x0) worked fine.
>
> That's seems to solve the problem, I changed to OSS in the KDE control
> center and when I press test sound, I hear the sound (it could be helpful
> to increase the volume, but I hear).
> However, there seems to be sometimes clicks and short pauses.
> Does anyone have any idea how to eliminate the clicks and increase the
> volume?
For better sound experience, go back to alsa- unload your oss module and load
the snd-via82xx or the snd-intel8x0 module.
Anyway, in KDE3.1 it is better to choose auto mode in the sound server setup.
Volume can be changed using KDE's KMix, the Kicker module kmixapplet or the
venerable aumix.
--
Oded
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