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Where has system-config-sound gone in CentOS

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Just installed 6.4 on a system that might become a Myth Backend. Where's the normal sound icon gone that usually appears in Gnome? I can see the intel sound card driver is loaded. Which bits of alsa should be there? This is what I've got:-

rpm -qa | grep alsa

alsamixergui-0.9.0-0.9.rc2.el6.x86_64
alsa-utils-1.0.22-5.el6.x86_64
alsa-lib-1.0.22-3.el6.x86_64

Under System | Preferences Selecting the "Sound" icon gives a dialog box that says "Waiting for Sound System to respond" and the sound system never does respond.

I bet I've got a zoo of stuff missing....

posted Jun 1, 2013 by anonymous

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It shows up in the Notification Area on your panel. If you don't have a
Notification Area installed on your panel, you won't see it.

answer Jun 1, 2013 by anonymous
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Do you have pulseaudio installed?
Also you can install padevchooser, Pulse Audio Device Chooser.

answer Jun 1, 2013 by anonymous
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