From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616 Description of problem: redhat-config-soundcard when run in the text console prints this: redhat-config-soundcard requires a currently running X server. Try running 'sndconfig' instead. However, sndconfig is not included with the OS. Technically, you just need to correct the error message to close the bug but I think it would be nice if a command line sound configuration utility was included with the OS. I am used to calling sndconfig from scripts during the initial OS setup when X11 isn't even running and it is an anoyance having to start X11 now just to setup the sound. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): redhat-config-soundcard-1.0.8-1.noarch How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run redhat-config-soundcard in text console 2. 3. Actual Results: prints: redhat-config-soundcard requires a currently running X server. Try running 'sndconfig' instead. Expected Results: It should either work or it should not print the misleading message. Additional info:
FWIW, a workaround in the meantime may be to install the sndconfig package from Red Hat 9 or Fedora Core 1 and use that.
sndconfig from an OSS base system didn't work. It's not designed for ALSA support. We really need something that can do what "sndconfig --quiet" did before so we can still kickstart systems and have them work right when they boot up. Also, what is this for? Maybe that's why there are so many people having problems getting their sound detected for them. /etc/setuptool.d/99sndconfig It's contents: "/usr/sbin/sndconfig|Sound card configuration"
Internal RFE bug #154251 entered; will be considered for future releases.