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smgregory
2006-03-27, 08:58 AM CST
Hi all,

Noobie here...just diving into Fedora Core and have fresh installed FC5. The (Under system/administration/soundcard detection) finds
Vendor: Intel
Model: Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
Module: snd-intel8x0

However, I cannot get sound to play.

Further, I went into the alsamixer and boosted all levels that I could. I kept reading (in these forums) about different "switches" but was unsure of what was being spoken about. Of possible interest is the "external" option in alsamixer, which simply has a box that reads "00", but no "fader" or adjustment options. Any help would be *greatly* appreciated!!!!
jmarius
2006-03-27, 02:47 PM CST
Have you made sure nothing is muted? Can any of the media players get any sound? You might want to try to enable the sound server (Preferences-->Sound) and see if that helps. Unless you have a really new motherboard, I don't see why it shouldn't work.
smgregory
2006-03-28, 05:22 AM CST
Nothing muted on the system side or in alsamixer...any other thoughts? Thanks
jmarius
2006-03-28, 06:42 AM CST
When you installed FC5, did the sound test work when it detected the card? If that didn't work, you might be able to find some drivers, but that's not a given. You can also try google your mobo model with linux and see if anything comes up. Otherwise you might have to get a new card.
exe
2006-03-28, 07:12 AM CST
Interesting if you see the same problem as me. /etc/modprobe.conf has 'space symbols' at the end
of lines describing sound. Removing them helps.
smgregory
2006-03-28, 01:07 PM CST
"space symbols"? Could you describe? my etc/modprobe.conf reads as follows;

alias eth0 e1000
alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-intel8x0 index=0
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
jmarius
2006-03-28, 01:24 PM CST
My modprobe.conf has identical lines for sound, but it works. Sorry I can't help you anymore. Have you tried the sound server (esd)?
One more thing. I know it sounds silly, but double check your cable connections for the speakers.
MgFrobozz
2006-04-01, 01:57 PM CST
Check this ...
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=87369
... regarding enabling external amplifier and disabling microphone jack sense, and headphone jack sense, in order to restore audio.