Re: how to play audio cd

["Scott Haug" <eldamitri hotmail com>]

It isn't a gnome issue, but strangely enough this was dealt with on this 
list about a week or so ago.  You can follow the thread here.

http://www.gnome.org/mailing-lists/archives/gnome-list/1999-July/0782.shtml

To diagnose the problem, we need to know more.  First of all, can you get 
cd's to play with your hardware set up at all?  Do you dual boot to windows 
and, if so, does it work there?  What type of soundcard do you have?  What 
sound driver are you using (OSS or ALSA)?  As the other poster mentioned, 
have you checked your hardware connections and volume levels in a mixer 
application?

I have similar problems with my linux system.  My soundcard is an Ensoniq 
AudioPCI, and I was told that it is likely a driver issue.  The OSS drivers 
(at least the one's that come with the kernel) are broken WRT cd audio, but 
that the ALSA drivers work.  Unfortunately, I haven't had time to install 
the ALSA drivers yet, so I can't comment on whether or not that fixed my 
problem.

Good luck!

-Scott

>From: "Iain" <nodatadj@webtribe.net>
>To: "Michael Blaustein" <m-blaustein@sjca.edu>, <gnome-list@gnome.org>
>Subject: Re: how to play audio cd
>Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 01:44:50 +0100
>
> > I suspect this difficulty is not specific to gnome, but certain gnome
> > components seem to be involved.  I'm running gnome with the latest
> > rpms from Redhat 6.0.  Sound events, x11amp all work fine.  Gtcd
> > starts and indicates that it is playing an audio cd (and the light on
> > the cd bay lights up), but there is no sound.  Esd says it is on
> > autostandby, but the problem is not solved by placing it explicitly
> > into standby state.
>
>CD's aren't anything to do with ESD. All the computer does is starts the CD
>playing which seems to be working. Is there a lead connecting your CD drive
>to the soundcard, and is CD-audio turned up in something like Gmix?
>
>Iain
>
>
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