Re: No sound on Toshiba Satellite M40

From: James Knott (james.knott_at_rogers.com)
Date: 08/28/05

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    ctw wrote:

    > James Knott wrote:
    >
    >> ctw wrote:
    >>
    >>> James Knott wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> I'm trying to set up SuSE 9.3 on a friend's Toshiba Satellite M40, but
    >>>> cannot get sound to work. The volume is turned up in both Yast and
    >>>> KMix, but no sound is produced. Any suggestions as to where to look?
    >>>
    >>> Have you tried playing with alsamixer and alsactl?
    >>
    >> No, I haven't tried those. Does alsamixer do anything, that KMix
    >> doesn't?
    >
    > I'm not sure if KMix does the same thing. When I had sound issues in the
    > past I read about alsamixer and that did the trick (I had to enable some
    > channels which were disabled by default). In KMix, click on "Mixer" and
    > make sure volume in all channels is turned up and they are all enabled
    > (radio buttons should be on; also click on the "switches" tab and look
    > there). If that doesn't work check if alsamixer can do something that KMix
    > can't.

    When my friend phoned, I had him try alsamixer and all the relevant levels
    were OK, so that rules that out. I'm not sure where else to look. I've
    checked Yast, the Control Center, KMix, the volume control, the manual
    volume control on the front of the computer etc.

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