I am running fedora 8 with a creative SB audigy LS.

When I installed fedora this ran fine with no setup needed.

Today the software updater ran when I fired up the PC and ever since I cannot get sound

if I goto SYSTEM - ADMINISTRATION - SOUND CARD DETECTION. This find my card and when I run the sound test it plays the music.

If I goto SYSTEM - PREFERENCES - HARDWARE - SOUND everything is set to autodectect.
I have tried changing these but no effect.

My main software for playing video for which I use sound the most is Kaffeine.
I have tried other software but nothing plays sound.

Whenever I run anything it has the red mute X over the sound

lspci gives the following

[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 0 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)
01:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46)
01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
01:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
01:0a.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)
01:0a.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (Secondary) (rev 01)


i'm a total newbie to Linux so would appreciate it if you give step by step instruction

Many Thanks

See here (pulse audio potential issues):

http://fedoraguide.info/index.php/Fedora8

and here:

http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=171083

especially this post (this fixed the exact same problem for me):

http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showpos...62&postcount=4

and also here:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=292201

Many thanks BlueC I tried the following link you suggested and touch wood all is good and sound is back.


http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showpos...62&postcount=4

I thought I had this sorted as you can see from my last post but after a reboot It goes back to the same problem every time

when i enter pulseaudo into root it fixes it
I get the following output from pulse audio

[root@localhost ~]# pulseaudio
W: main.c: This program is not intended to be run as root (unless --system is specified).
W: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
W: alsa-util.c: Device (null) doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
ALSA lib control.c:909snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:2
W: alsa-util.c: Device (null) doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
ALSA lib control.c:909snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:2
W: alsa-util.c: Device (null) doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
ALSA lib control.c:909snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0
W: alsa-util.c: Cannot find fallback mixer control "PCM".
ALSA lib control.c:909snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0

does anyone have a permanent fix for this whilst i can get by it is somewhat of an annoyance having to do this at each reboot

Keep reading this thread:

http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=171083

It covers all the problems related to the one you describe and the solutions. I can't say exactly which solution will work for you as I'm not at your computer, but if you read that thread and try some of the solutions then I am 90% sure you'll get it fixed.

all fixed now and anyone with the same probelm i highly recommend reading this page


http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/rhsound.html