Problem with sound = "ICH4" "Realtek ALC650F"

[mph260]

I did a fresh install of fedora 10 and while over all the install was quite easy I have no sound. I am so sick of windows and thier bull crap i have no desire to change back to a windows OS so i would luv to fix this. I do have some linux experience but not enough for this problem. A friend told me to make sure my system was not muted so i ran the command "alsaunmute" and came up with this:

Unknown hardware: "ICH4" "Realtek ALC650F" "AC97a:414c4723" "" ""
Hardware is initialized using a guess method

Any help would be greatly appericated.

[MikeTbob]

Hello and welcome.
Try running the alsaconf command in a terminal window, this should recognize your card.

[mph260]

Thanks for the quick reply. I ran the command and came up with this:

# alsaconf
-bash: alsaconf: command not found

Now this doesn't look good.

[MikeTbob]

It's ok, we can try another way. Type this code into the terminal window as root.

system-config-soundcard

[mph260]

I got the same message as before:

# system-config-soundcard
-bash: system-config-soundcard: command not found

[MikeTbob]

Well dang, I haven't used Fedora in a few months, did they rape it while I wasn't looking?
I guess you might need to install it.

yum install system-config-soundcard

I'm not sure if the above command will work or not so use yum to do a search

yum -s system-config-sound

Try browsing the system menu, system>preferences>hardware>sound

[mph260]

Alright lets see here, when I do the search i come up with this:

# yum search system-config-soundcard
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Warning: No matches found for: system-config-soundcard
No Matches found

When i go to install it I get this:

# yum install system-config-soundcard
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package system-config-soundcard available.
Nothing to do

When i search the system menu all options show auto detect expect for sound capture and defualt mixer tracks: sound capture = ALSA & default mixer tracks = Intel ICH5 (ALSA mixer)

Now under every tab when I check to see if I have any options to choose from I have:
Intel ICH5 with ALC650F Intel ICH5 IEC985 (alsa) & OSS.

[MikeTbob]

Try adjusting all the volume meters with alsamixer command. I'm thinking if the menu shows "ALSA & default mixer tracks = Intel ICH5 (ALSA mixer) " It's got to be installed already.
Try installing alsa-utils or alsa-tools with yum.
I think one of these packages will install alsaconf, which should simplify this whole process.

[mph260]

i ran the install command for the alsa-utils and it said i already had them install with the latest version.

then i ran the alsa-tools install command and it installed "alsa-tools.i386 0:1.0.19-1.fc10".

i checked and set all the volume controls to 75%, "all the sound controls i could find that is".

this is fun in a wierd sort of way (LOL)

[MikeTbob]

Ok, after installing alsa-tools, can you run alsaconf now?