[ydl-gen] Sound on G4 PowerMac (digital audio)

[Thomas Carlson]

Derick:

I did what you suggested:  changed my window manager to xfce (very nice, I'm keeping it) and went to Settings/Settings Manager/Sound.  All the controls are at 0 which tells me that the default setting is not recognizing the sound card.  In the Volume Control utility I can't get it to go from headphone to PC speaker.  I had the same problem with a Debian installation a while back.  Maybe PowerMac G4 (Digital Audio) is an oddball among the other PM G4s.

Thanks for the response, though.

Tom

On Jun 29, 2010, at 11:39 PM, Derick Centeno wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:07:19 -0600
> Thomas Carlson <tcarlson at sharedcup.com> wrote:
> 
>> Can anyone tell me why the sound doesn't work on my G4 PowerMac
>> (digital audio) running YDL 6.2?  The audio configuration utility
>> says that automatic detection of its sound card does not work.  Does
>> this particular machine have an oddball card that doesn't work with
>> snd-powermac?
>> 
>> Tom
>> __
>> Thomas Carlson
>> 2319 La Senda St.
>> Santa Fe, NM 87505
>> 505-603-5526
>> http://www.ifixoldmacs.com
>> 
> Hi Thomas:
> 
> I use xfce within YDL 6.2 on my G4 choose Settings --> Settings
> Manager; then choose Sound which brings up the Volume Mixer.  If you
> are using e17 or something else still look for the Volume Mixer within
> the available menus
> 
> Once it is open you'll notice various switches make sure that the
> appropriate ones are midrange or higher.  Make sure that the option for
> PC Speaker is selected otherwise sound output may be going elsewhere.
> Sound should be immediately available after these changes.  Also check
> to make sure that your Input is Line not Mic.
> 
> All the best...
> 
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