On Thursday, 2011-12-15 at 09:17:46 -0600, John Heim wrote:
I am not sure why sound is not working but I think its muted. I haven't been able to get sound on any of the machines I've tried this release on and that's 4 different machines.
I just downloaded grml_2011.12-rc1 and booted it on my game PC.
Using alsamixer, I found that all channels Except "Master" were at 0 dB and muted. When I unmuted the stereo channels ("Front") in alsamixer and turned up the volume, I was able to hear a WAV file.
Now, alsamixer is written using the kind of ASCII graphics that will get any Braille device to quit the job, but maybe you know a program that will allow a blind person to change the settings.
BTW, unless you like hearing your dog bark (or not...), there are a few WAV files included with GRML. You find them in /usr/share/sounds/alsa .
HTH, Lupe Christoph