T42 AC97 problem

[czela]

Hello

I installed Slackware 10.0 on my T42 and have problem with sound. I installed ALSA packets and recompile linux kernel to 2.6 evrething goes fine but when i try play mp3 using mplayer or XMMS I can't hear sounds. When I try playing from CD it works good.
Thanks for any help

[doppelfish]

... play mp3 using mplayer or XMMS I can't hear sounds. When I try playing from CD it works good.

The CD drive audio is wired up to the speakers (sort of). It works without sound drivers, so you now know that the speakers are good.
Let's check the usual suspects first:

• Say cat /dev/sndstat ... is your chipset mentioned? If not, go reconfigure the kernel.
  cat some file > /dev/dsp or > /dev/audio. Any noise?
  Have some *.au or *.wav files around? (both emacs and OpenOffice bring in some of them, btw.). cat those as above - hear something?
  Fire up some mixer application (gnome? kde? xmix ... whatever). Is the pcm channel at 0%? Turn it up, cat those files again - better?

cheers,
--fish