Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX WS 2.1 Installation Manual page 85

Appendix C. Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS
C.4.8. Problems with Sound Configuration
If you do not have sound after your installation, you may need to run the sound configuration utility.
As root, type
sndconfig
Note
must be run in runlevel 3. More information about runlevels can be found in the Official
sndconfig
Red Hat Linux Reference Guide, in chapter Boot Process, Init, and Shutdown.
If the sndconfig application does not help, you may need to select the
option under the Multimedia=>Sound in the GNOME Control Center.
startup
To do this, click on Panel=>Programs=>Settings=>GNOME Control Center to launch the
GNOME Control Center. In the GNOME Control Center, select the Sound submenu of the
Multimedia menu. On the right, a General sound menu will appear. Select
and then click OK.
server startup
in a terminal window.
Enable sound server
Enable sound
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