ydl 4.0rc2 - sound anyone?

[Derick Centeno]

Sorry Chris, the command within linux should be:

dmesg > filename

On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 11:47, Derick Centeno wrote:
> Hi Chris:
> It shouldn't matter but I have found that using KDE is different from
> using Gnome in what apps. are available.  I tend to use Gnome and the
> Voume control app I used exists within that environment.  The line
> column I spoke of which always worked for me when I had mysterious sound
> problems lies between the speaker and mic columns.  
> 
> However, if you system is reporting that it cannot find a "device" then
> perhaps the problem may lie in what your pb's system is "seeing" as
> available.  Why don't you run a hardware diagnostic using TechTools Pro
> and see what it tells you.
> 
> Yes. It runs on the Mac side but it will test the hardware; and its the
> hardware now that is questionable.  If something comes up, that is if
> TechTools discovers something that requires repair at least it will save
> you time from playing too long the "Linux Hardware Guessing Game"!
> 
> >From the Linux side, do the following:
> 
> demesg > filename
> 
> This will put the last boot message into a filename you create.  Then
> use vim or some other editor to read the file in detail.  Look for any
> error messages, can't read this or that etc.  That should give you more
> direct leads as to what may be happening with your hardware.  I would
> recommend a YDL FAQ website but apparently that is down for some
> undetermined reason.
> 
> Happy t-shooting....
> 
> On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 11:11, Chris Burnham wrote:
> > hmm, I tried it. It comes back with the error "Sorry, no mixer elements
> > and/or devices found".
> > 
> > On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 10:23, Derick Centeno wrote:
> > > Simple check.  Select Sound and Video and choose the Volume Control
> > > app.  Play with the Line column and see if that clears everything up.
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 10:16, Chris Burnham wrote:
> > > > Hello all-
> > > > 
> > > > Have a powerbook g4, quite new (few months), Ive installed rc2 recently
> > > > and everything works pretty darn well but I cannot get any sound out of
> > > > it. Seems to detect and find dmasound_pmac but I hear nothing-
> > > > Any advice?
> > > > Thanks for any help-
> > > > 
> > > > Chris
> > > 
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