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Appendix C. Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 75
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
in a terminal window.
Note
sndconfig
must be run in runlevel 3. More information about runlevels can be found in the Official
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
Enable sound server
startup
option under the
Multimedia
=>
Sound
in the
GNOME Control Center
.
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
Enable sound
server startup
and then click
OK
.