Strange audio problems

[Basil Chupin]

On 29/12/12 00:29, Mark Fraser wrote:
> On Friday 28 Dec 2012 17:29:26 Basil Chupin wrote:

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> Last question: when using Alsamixer did you use F6 to select the sound
> source/card, and did you get a full list of what channels are available
> for configuration **?
> Yes, I used F6 and it had a few different sound cards, one of them being HDMI
> output on the graphics card. I selected the on board audio.

Quick response before I head for the bed.

You were presented with "a few different sound cards"?!

There is only the "sound card" - the chipset on the mobo - and if you 
have a PCI/E card installed then you have that also to choose from. 
Where do these "few different" sound cards come from?

When you select which one you want to use (mobo or the PCI/E card) then 
you configure it thru, say, alsamixer (and pulseaudio).

The other quick suggestion is that perhaps the chipset on the mobo - 
which is what it appears that you are using - is about to go to sound 
chipset heaven. Put in a PCI/E sound card in and see what you get. (I 
have a brand new, never touched by human hands motherboard and the first 
time I plugged in ethernet cable to get onto the internet I got no 
response from the modem :-( . I installed an PCI network card and all 
was well with the world. I just don't trust those chipsets on mobos and 
so have installed a separate network card, video card, and sound card.

BC

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