<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <title >Soundcard Information</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;</author> <author >&Helge.Deller;</author> <author >&Duncan.Haldane;</author> <author >&Mike.McBride;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Malcolm</firstname ><surname >Hunter</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </authorgroup> <date >2002-02-12</date> <releaseinfo >3.00.00</releaseinfo> <keywordset> <keyword >KDE</keyword> <keyword >KControl</keyword> <keyword >soundcard</keyword> <keyword >system information</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <sect1 id="soundinfo"> <title >Soundcard Information</title> <para >This page displays information about any soundcards installed in the system.</para> <note ><para >The exact information displayed is system-dependent. On some systems, soundcard information cannot be displayed yet.</para ></note> <para >On &Linux;, this information is read either from <filename class="devicefile" >/dev/sndstat</filename >, if present, or from <filename class="devicefile" >/proc/sound</filename >, which is only available if the <filename class="directory" >/proc</filename > pseudo-filesystem is compiled into the (2.1.x or later) kernel.</para> <para >The user cannot modify any settings on this page.</para> </sect1> </article>