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Spud
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 Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:31 am Post subject: Upgrading sound card |
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Hi gize, I just installed a new 2nd hand pci sound card (Sound Blaster Live! 5.1). Originally I used the onboard nForce2 sound. Upon rebooting I have (predictably) no sound. Is there a way to force Xandros (X4.1) to reconfiure the sound system without having to completely reinstall X4.1?
Thanx in advance
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jimallyn
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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Try running alsaconf from the command line/console.
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papabearak
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:23 pm Post subject: Re: Upgrading sound card |
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| Spud wrote: | Hi gize, I just installed a new 2nd hand pci sound card (Sound Blaster Live! 5.1). Originally I used the onboard nForce2 sound. Upon rebooting I have (predictably) no sound. Is there a way to force Xandros (X4.1) to reconfiure the sound system without having to completely reinstall X4.1?
Thanx in advance
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Spud, also make sure you disable the onboard sound in your BIOS. Xandros seems to have a nervous breakdown when two or more duplicate hardwares are installed. So any time you install an add-on card to take over the function of an on-board device, be sure to disable the onboard device. Xandros should then detect and use the new add-on card at start-up. Ben
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Spud
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| jimallyn wrote: | | Try running alsaconf from the command line/console. |
Thanx heaps gize  That did it just fine.
Cheers
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jimallyn
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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If you find that your sound card settings are not correct on next reboot, run alsaconf again, then from command line run:
I suppose you could just go do that now and get it over with. 
From the experience of others on the forums, it appears that sometimes the alsaconf settings stick, and sometimes they don't. I don't know if it has to do with what soundcard you have or what. But 'alsactl store' has made them stick for others.
Jim
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Spud
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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| jimallyn wrote: | If you find that your sound card settings are not correct on next reboot, run alsaconf again, then from command line run:
I suppose you could just go do that now and get it over with.
From the experience of others on the forums, it appears that sometimes the alsaconf settings stick, and sometimes they don't. I don't know if it has to do with what soundcard you have or what. But 'alsactl store' has made them stick for others. |
Thanx for that. I used alsaconf and the settings have stuck. However, I've taken notes for future reference.
Thanx again
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