As a thanks for accepting me as a member of your group, I would like
to share something with you guys.

Most Linux starters come up with a very common problem, and if you are
one then you know I am talking about configuring SOUND on your Linux OS.
Well, I found the solution and wanted to share it with you all.

It consists of 3 steps.

1. Check to see if your sound card is being detected using the Sound
Detection option in the Linux menu under System Tools or System Options.
If it is detected you should hear the play test sound.
But that is not good enough as we want to hear MP3ssssssssssss.
So Red Hat sighting legal issued, does not support mp3s by default on
XMMS. So you must install a package to do that, the package I have
uploaded in the files folder. It should get installed if you click on it.

2. If your sound card is not detected, that is no sound when you click
"PLAY TEST SOUND", then your sound card driver is not configured
properly. To do that you can download the latest version of ALSA
(Advanced Linux Sound Architecture). But the problem you might face is
that if you are a beginner, compiling and installing ALSA might not be
feasible for you. Look for expert help there or go to step 3.

3. Thats the beauty....... there is always an easier method.
Well, if you have an Intel original motherboard, then all you need to
do is go to its website www.intel.com, and download the appropriate
driver for the Linux version you have. You might ask, how do I install
that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, that is easy. The file you download is a
shell program, which if you run using the Linux terminal as "sh
filename.sh", your work is done. But as it is Linux, there is always a
catch. You must have the source code of your OS's kernel installed on
your system for the shell program to work. Get that and you are home.

Note: Sometimes sound also does not work when the right Audio plugin
is not selected in XMMS. For that, right click on XMMS, select
"Visualisations Plugins', select Audio I/O plugins, and then in the
OUTPUT plugin field, experiment with the options by changing them and
trying to play music to find out which works on your system.


Hope you enjoy listening to music.

Until next time, adios.