I've just installed FC4 on a new machine that is dual booting with Windows XP. The soundcard and speakers work fine on the Windows side. On the FC4 side, when I test the sound with the soundcard detection program I get this:
The following audio device was detected. Vendor: Intel Model: Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller Module: snd-hda-intel
But when I press the button "Play test sound" I don't hear anything. Volume control on the Gnome panel is turned all the way up as are the other volume controls on the Alsa Mixer widget.
This is a known issue on FC4. What you need to do is open the mixer, and look for the switch "analogue/digital output jack" and turn it on. Then your sound will play just fine. I don't know why it default to the off position, but it's frustrating if you don't know about it.
I can't seem to find this "analogue/digital output jack" switch anywhere.
Opening "Volume Control" from the Gnome menu brings up the Alsa Mixer. The playback panel has muting/volume controls for Headphone, PCM, Front, Front Mic, Surround, Center, LFE, Line-in, CD, Microphone, and PC Speaker, all of which are turned on. (I've selected all these displays to be visible from the Mixer "Preferences".)
Running alsamixer from a Terminal window brings up a display with the same entries, none of which are muted.
Both displays also show the channel mode as "2ch" and the two "input source" options as "mic".
So... does anyone know where can I find this analog/digital output jack switch?
Jerry