i installed suse 11.0 on my system already having vista installed,i am using linux for the first time.
system config:
intel core 2 duo e6550;
intel g33fb motherboard;
sapphire hd 3650 graphics card;
2 gb ram 667 mhz;
i am using x86 version
after installation suse detected my graphics card as hd 3670,i thought the drivers for 36xx series may be same so i started all 3d effects
and my screen started showing wierd blinking colors so i tried to repair and linux kernel crashed and i had to install suse once again
also my onboard sound is not working properly ,when i increse the volume above 50 or 55% the sound quality reduces substantially
i think that also is due to some driver problem
I suggest you start a new thread with suitable heading if you need further help concerning your sound card. That way you’ll attract the attention you require. Don’t forget to include the hardware details.
That is typical behaviour for some applications. In particular vlc is VERY bad at introducing distortion about about 30% volume. Most players let you get to about 80 to 90% before they cause distortion.
So I find it best one keep one’s master volume and PCM volume around 60% or so, and then use my hardware volume control for the remainder. Also do not forget there are slider bars (for volume control) in YaST > Hardware > Sound > Other > Volume.
but the same or more volume level works in windows and vlc(in windows vista) doesn’t produce any distortion even at 200%
there has to be some problem with the way suse is configuring my
sound card
IMHO the audio side to windows vlc is different. If you keep your vlc volume around 25% to 30% and increase your volume elsewhere (as I noted in my previous post) you will be fine.
Also, while I like vlc (I use it mainly for quality checks of video_ts directories prior to burning to dvd, and also for some streaming media sites) smplayer (front end to MPlayer) is significantly superior to vlc, and it does not have this sensitivity to distortion. SMPlayer - General Info
The Packman packagers package smplayer for openSUSE.