Sound is not playing

[Tendo]

Very new to Linux but I've installed Mandriva 2006. It picked up my Creative Audigy SE sound card, and appeared to have installed it alright, but there is no sound coming. Is there anything I can do to get the sound. Sound is OK on the Windows side.

[envirocbr]

Try to make sure you have permissions set correctly to use the sound card...dont ask how I know this one.

Maybe Mandriva 2007 will help you more?

Have you tried looking into your Control Center?

[Tendo]

Thanks very much, may be I should get Mandriva 2007.

[fingal]

Hi - Changing your distro probably isn't the answer.

Go to your start menu and select System>Configuration>Configure Your Computer . Once in the Mandriva Control Centre chose 'Hardware' and the configure your hardware option ... When you click on the hardware icon you'll see everything listed.

If you select your sound card you'll find a config. tool ... Play around with that and see if you get any sound. I think you should use the ALSA sound server.

The driver you need is called snd-ca0106 . Linky

Before you panic, that driver should already be installed. You just need to make sure that Mandriva is using it for your card. You could also open a terminal and try:

lspci | grep Creative or just type
lspci

That should list your card and which driver it's using. You need to be root to do that. Also - in the terminal - try typing alsamixer. Turn everything up .... you might then get sound, and even some funky feedback. If so try turning a few channels down. Once your card is working you won't need to do much of that stuff again.

[envirocbr]

Definelty try the COntrol Center first. However having the most recent Mandriva is a nice thing to have.