[PlanetCCRMA] ALSA/Soundcard problems

[Peter Lutek]

Tim Boulette wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm a complete newbie to Linux and PlanetCCRMA, so I'm hoping you all can
>bear with me if this is a simple question and I'm just missing it.  I'll
>gladly accept all the help I can get.
>
>I've installed Fedora Core 3 (in fact, I've pretty much followed the
>installation instructions from the Planet CCRMA website (http://ccrma
>stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/installtwosix.html) verbatim. 
>
>My soundcard is a M-Audio Delta 66.  (Also have a VIA AC'97 on the mainboard
> which I don't really use.)  The Delta 66 is working fine in WinXP.  During
>FC3 installation, setup seems to identify the card, but when I test it I get
>no sound.
>
>I've proceeded with installation anyway, hoping to fix the problem later,
>but have been unsuccessful so far.  I've tried updating all FC3 components;
>manually installing ALSA; and I've even tried alsaconf to manually set the
>Delta 66 as my card -- all to no avail.
>
>Can anybody give me some ideas about how to solve this problem?
>  
>
oh... forgot to mention, you might find dave phillips' article a useful 
read:  http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8234

-p