Setting Up Sound Cards - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

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8.4 Setting Up Sound Cards

Most sound cards are detected automatically and configured with reasonable values.
In YaST, use Hardware > Sound if you want to add a problematic sound card that could
not be configured automatically or change the default settings. It is also possible to set
up additional sound cards or switch their sequence.
TIP: Probing for Old Sound Chips
If you know a legacy sound board is installed in your computer, let YaST probe
for old chips, if YaST cannot find a sound board. Within the pop-up click Yes,
probe.
If YaST cannot detect your sound card automatically, proceed as follows:
1 Click Add to open a dialog in which to select a sound card vendor and model.
2 In the Sound Card Configuration dialog, choose the configuration level in the
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Refer to your sound card documentation for the information required. Find a
reference list of sound cards supported by ALSA with their corresponding sound
modules in /usr/share/doc/packages/alsa/cards.txt and at
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/.
Make your choice and click Next.
first setup screen:
Quick automatic setup
You are not required to go through any of the further configuration steps
and no sound test is performed. The sound card is configured automatically.
Normal setup
Adjust the output volume and play a test sound.

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