Sound partially works

[ddaupert]

I recently installed 8.10 on a new machine; it has an Asus M3A78-EM motherboard. I get sound when using Dragon Player to play flash movies, DVD movies, and mp3 files, so I know my hardware works, the snd_hda_intel driver is the correct one for my audio device -- ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller -- and that the driver is loading, and the mixer settings are fine.

But I don't get sound in Kaffeine, or Amarok. I don't know much about sound architecture, so not sure how to fix this so all apps that need to play sound can do so.

/dennis

[Zorael]

Re: Sound partially works

Basically, make sure those apps are set up to output sound via ALSA. I know there's an option to change that in Amarok, though I've never really used Kaffeine so you're on your own there. SMPlayer > all. :3

As a sidenote, to test ALSA:

$ speaker-test -c2 -twav

[ddaupert]

Re: Sound partially works

Basically, make sure those apps are set up to output sound via ALSA. I know there's an option to change that in Amarok....

As a sidenote, to test ALSA:

$ speaker-test -c2 -twav

Got it, thanks BIG! I'll hunt around in Kaffeine for a similar config setting.

The speaker-test is a handy little item; I've added it to my Linux cheat sheets.