[ale] Limewire plays but no sound, huh ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Also take a look at your mixer and experiment with the different sub 
> miniature phono plugs in your Audigy card. I had a terrible wrassle 
> with mine a while back 'til I figured out that I was in the Wrong Hole.
>
> -- CHS
>
>
> On 12/19/06, *J. D.* <jdonline at gmail.com <mailto:jdonline at gmail.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>
>     On 12/19/06, *Courtney Thomas* < courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net
>     <mailto:courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net>> wrote:
>
>         I've got a Creative Soundblaster Live! 5.1 [Audigy] rig
>         connected to
>         their card and am trying to play some tunes from Limewire, which
>         formerly played [couple of years ago], but now the GUI shows them
>         playing but no sound comes out.
>
>         I downloaded/installed the Linux software when I got the
>         hardware but
>         have lost the included manufactuer docs so don't know what's
>         wrong. It
>         worked when originally installed.
>
>         Loaded modules that pertain, as best I remember are: emu10k1,
>         via82cxxx_audio uart401, sound, soundcore.
>
>         What might be wrong and how do I cure it, please ?
>
>         Thanks again,
>
>         Courtney
>
>
>
>     Hey Courtney,
>
>          I believe the via82cxxx_audio is coming from the audio
>     hardware built
>     onto the motherboard. It may be worth plugging the speakers in there
>     and see what you get. If so, then maybe disabling the onboard
>     audio through
>     the motherboard bios would be a good bet.
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     J. D. 
>
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Thank you Charles and ALL !

J.D. was right. I had to disable the motherboard's sound settings.

Appreciatively,

Courtney