That's the sound linux makes when some cards initialize. Turn the volume
down a little on your speakers and you will be fine. The system volume in
linux is much higher than in windows.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hyung Kim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 3:05 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Loud sound when soundcard initalizes?
>
>
> Yes,
>
> I hear the sound every time a sound file starts. It
> only happen if I boot Linux and not when I boot
> windows.
>
> --- Gustav Schaffter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hyung,
> >
> > I'm not sure if I follow. Mark and I have the
> > problem when the sound
> > card is initialized during the boot process. From
> > what I understand in
> > your description, your problem is when you start
> > playing a waw or mp3
> > file.
> >
> > Is that correctly understood by me?
> >
> > If so, we seem to have two different (probably
> > software related)
> > problems here.
> >
> > Regards
> > Gustav
> >
> > Hyung Kim wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a dell optiplex gx1 with RH 6.1 and my
> > computer
> > > does the same thing. I've been in contact with
> > the
> > > people at dell and they told me they are aware of
> > the
> > > problem, but they do not know of a fix. Despite
> > what
> > > they told me, I'm still actively looking for a
> > fix.
> > >
> > > The problem is likely a software problem. I've
> > > noticed that the sound occurs when I play wave
> > files
> > > and MP3 files, however, it does not happen when I
> > play
> > > a music CD.
> > >
> > > Good luck! I'll let you know if I stumble on a
> > > solution.
> > >
> > > --- Mark Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I'm running RH 6.2 (although I had the same
> > problem
> > > > under 6.0) on a
> > > > pentium 200 with a sound blaster AWE 64. I used
> > > > sndconfig to set up the
> > > > soundcard and everything seems to work fine,
> > except
> > > > that sometimes when
> > > > I'm booting up the computer makes a really loud
> > > > crashing sound when it
> > > > initalizes the sound. Besides the fact that it
> > > > probably isn't too good
> > > > for my speakers, it always startles the
> > daylights
> > > > out of me. Has anyone
> > > > else had this problem? Does anyone know how to
> > fix
> > > > it?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks...
> > > > -Mark-
> >
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