Re: Sound quits working 2.4 and 2.6 kernels

From: Spamless (Spamless_at_Nil.nil)
Date: 06/20/04 

Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:58:24 GMT

In article <h8gBc.3000$IV7.641@newssvr32.news.prodigy.com>, Bill Davidsen wrote:

> This happened on multiple machine in multiple locations, running various
> versions of Linux (all 2.4 or 2.6 kernels). It happens on both OSS and
> ALSA configurations, and behaves as if there is some secret MUTE control
> which just disables the speaker output on systems which have been
> running for years in some cases.

What does "ps -A" show as running?
I belive shockwave (if trying to play a file) may do it.
What soundcard(s)? Does the alsatools package have extra
stuff to work with those soundcards?