From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F4551381F3 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 06:18:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E16DE087D; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 06:18:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ye0-f180.google.com (mail-ye0-f180.google.com [209.85.213.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 39FF7E0815 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 06:18:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ye0-f180.google.com with SMTP id r11so863537yen.25 for ; Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:18:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=nP6RfngXdM94eEtNT0RT1oIHnLnParIpw//blfaBiWU=; b=JhxHBzdkFd3odxHocdxFni7l2ZOME2vJ+/BetqtE/VLj3TJCSDpHFy0FvzkDWlv0T2 LVneXAIXBGD6Bt6ntGZccjFq0m4Nz4uLLWJT0bncWdUSzXSDeXGN70kFMFMy4Fntobai osfBNBEMXIBc90vv93K7x6Epk4hNUVXvBCeletyjq902w998PVT5AmhfmOfKUUKgt/+M CL5mYBCO7WXlAMGTkLBTgAlKGVgzHrdRno49IJBwayYZZR6jA8sKzr7KdHyhOmGKUNRx fJm5unHompkPLpzYPU/7YBZCh5ntyUyksm8d6vuFyRXYmnJySTFp32Ad/pNpN5EQPCuL AKUw== X-Received: by 10.236.189.227 with SMTP id c63mr19742506yhn.67.1370326697243; Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:18:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-95-244.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.95.244]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id u69sm98997380yhf.23.2013.06.03.23.18.15 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:18:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51AD86A6.7070108@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:18:14 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0 SeaMonkey/2.17.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 327968bb-6266-4e56-a8f2-1fd8e33c89d2 X-Archives-Hash: b188678b65fe95b58122c1a440add939 Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Nikos, Thank you for your help. 1. I am using a self-configured kernel > (I have been doing this since I installed Gentoo two years ago) 2. My > sound card is an Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family > High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 3. I am using the driver > CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL 4. I have not tried enabling all intel codec in > the kernel, but I will. === While gathering the answers to your > questions, I discovered something interesting: 5. > /etc/init.d/alsasound was not running 6. Eventhough > /etc/init.d/alsasound was not running, I am getting audio (just crappy > audio) 7. Eventhough /etc/init.d/alsasound is listed as an rc-update > boot service, it still wasn't running 8. While /etc/init.d/alsasound > was not running, alsamixer still works 9. If I execute > "/etc/init.d/alsasound start", alsasound will start. Sound quality > improves but still has low quality. Can anyone explain 6, 7, or 8? > Thank you, Chris A sound driver in the boot run level? I'd change that to default unless you have a real need for it in boot. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!