Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:5384685.zBLHaUsFs7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> __/ [ RPH ] on Friday 21 July 2006 09:40 \__
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>> Okay, I have one minor gripe - the main mixer volume doesn't work,
>> but the headphone mixer channel affects the volume. Not that this
>> would be a problem for me in any OS as my speakers have a good old
>> fashioned knob marked "volume"!
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>
> Rich, I had what I though was a similar problem in Ubuntu
> and SUSE (same computer, sound card embedded in the on-board
> Intel chipset). Later I realised that I was just
> manipulating the wrong mixer dials, which means that only my
> ignorance is to blame. Sound balance, I suspect, is
> something I didn't manage to change because it did not
> correspond to the type of output (CD, Master, System Sounds
> and so forth). So I suggest you tinker with the mixer and
> see how you get along. Perhaps the mixer interfere is not
> intuitive (both GNOME and KDE), but I am told by a friend
> whom I recently convinced to try Linux (Mandriva 2006) that
> mixing under Linux is far more advanced than XP in every
> area. Perhaps it's a case of complexity, attributed to
> excessive level of choice.
It's on-board sound but there seem to be two outputs from it - one on the
rear panel and a bunch of headers on the board, so I suspect the main
output is manipulating the output on the headers.
To be honest, it's not something that bothers me really - I always reach
for the physical volume control anyway - much quicker than fannying about
with a program!
> This entire thing reminds me of a statement once made by wd
> in this newsgroup. People come to Linux with the presumption
> that it's hard and any case they find to justify this and
> give up would do. Stereotypes (FUD,prior experiences in the
> nineties, etc.) are the worst enemy of Linux. "It's not me,
> it Linux. Easier to blame the software, which others say is
> hard/faulty".
I have to admit that my tongue was firmly in my cheek - I've been running
a Linux file and mail server (and occasional desktop for email and web)
for at least three years now, probably longer. I've just seen so many
"installing Linux was a nightmare" posts that didn't jive at all with my
experience.
--
Rich Hanson
http://www.plompy.co.uk/
http://www.richardhanson.me.uk/
http://www.borstal.org.uk/
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