Re: Sound support on PCG-NV205

John S. Andersen wrote:
> On 9 Jul 2003 at 12:09, Johannes Koch wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm running Redhat 9.0 (Kernel 2.4.20-8) on a Sony PCG-NV205.
>>Soundcard: 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio
>>
>>I cannot get the test tone when checking the sound card, nor play
>>anything (e.g. audio CDs) except MIDI files.
> 
> 
> Well, if midi works your sound system must be somewhat 
> functional.
> 
> Check volume controls using whatever mixer you have
> to be sure the channels are not muted.

Some where, yes *flush*. So now the test tone works.

> What software do you attempt tp play sounds with?

kscd

> Many (most?) sony laptops do not have the analog
> sound output from the cdrom connected to the
> motherboard, so you have to use a digital
> cdaudio input.
> 
> With something like xmms that means disabling 
> cdaudio and enabling libreadcd (I think that's the name)
> for the input mod.

How do I do that?

I now tried xmms. This works with playing wav files from my hard disk. 
But audio CDs are still not working.
-- 
Johannes Koch
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