newbie - FC2 no sound in Gnome

Datac0re · #1 22nd May 2004, 12:17 PM

Hi everyone, just getting started in the linux world, and love FC2 so far. One problem though is that I can't seem to get any sound in Gnome.

In System Settings->Sound Card Detection, I hear audio from the speakers when I play the test sound. However, I hear no system event sounds, and I can't hear any audio from my CD rom drive.

In Preferences->Sound I've enabled the sound server startup and sounds for events. When I try to play one of the system events, I hear nothing.

My sound card is an SB Live! (correctly detected)

Any ideas what's wrong?

Thanks!
-Brian

Datac0re · #2 22nd May 2004, 01:55 PM

Ok, a little bit more information. After searching around on the net for sound problems, I stumbled upon alsamixer. I unmuted everything and turned up the output volume of just about everything to 50% so I'd be sure I wasn't missing anything.

Now, CD audio works fine.

But I still have an odd problem. When I choose to log off and get the "Log off", "Reboot", "Shutdown" choices, I get sound when I click on the buttons and the checkbox, plus the shutdown sound plays.

However, when in Gnome, no normal event sounds are played. Plus, when I go to Sound Preferences, I can't play the sounds through the interface.

When I try and open the sound files through Nautilus in the Sound Recorder, most of them don't play - the Sound Recorder says that their length is 0 seconds. Some of them DO play however, as they should.

Any ideas as to what is going on here?

bebyrd · #3 22nd May 2004, 07:19 PM

try unmuting the little speaker in the bottom right corner (right click, and go to unmute) :]

hope that helps,
ben

Datac0re · #4 22nd May 2004, 11:57 PM

That speaker is unmuted... the problem still stands that some of the sound files when opened come up as having a length of zero and not playing...

jale2ice · #5 24th May 2004, 02:01 AM

Have you tried to download the updated libgnome rpm?

I had the same exact problem... The update fixed it all.

Datac0re · #6 26th May 2004, 11:59 PM

No I haven't... I'll have to check it out, thanks!

Datac0re · #7 27th May 2004, 11:17 AM

jale2ice - Updating the libgnome package gave me sounds in Gnome!

THANK YOU!
-Brian

jale2ice · #8 1st June 2004, 03:23 PM

No problem!

jusaus · #9 3rd June 2004, 01:34 AM

Thanks for that as well, I thought I was going mad! Exact same problem, exact same solution.