Re: Can't get audio CD to play in Fedora

From: Peter Weaver (wouldnt_you_at_like_to_know.com)
Date: 05/13/04


Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 22:09:40 +0000 (UTC)

Ray Fortner wrote:
> Linux neophyte here. I can't seem to get the sound out of any of the CD
> players on my Compaq Presario (64-bit AMD chip) or Sony Vaio (P-4 chip).
> When I put an audio CD in, the player come up, id's the CD and track,
> appears to be playing, but no sound. Fedora recognizes the sound card,
> plays system sounds just fine, and CDs play well under Windows on both
> machines. Volume is up on both the Volume control applet and CD player, as
> well as the speakers system. Have tried all the players available.
>
> Is there a config file I need to tweak, or some system setting I'm
> missing? CD's do play on the Fedora installation on my HP laptop. Any
> help/suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks - Ray

type kmix (in a terminal such as konsole)
then look for the cd mixer, its probably turned down or muted, easy
enough to rectify, and when you exit your sesion the setting will remain :)



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