Thankyou for your response, Daniel. Sorry I have taken so long to get
back with my answer; I have had a few problems (I think with my ISP)
in getting to my hotmail account.
I have tried Gnome and FVWM2 as well as KDE, with the same results.
General sounds work, but not midis or CDs.
Brian.
>From: "Daniel B. Haun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [expert] No Midi or CD playing on Creative Vibra128
>Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 22:31:06 -0500
>
>Oh the woes of soundcards... I still can't do midi's under mine and the I
>think the joystick is non-functional as well. Are you trying to play Audio
>CD's under KDE and\or Gnome. I seem to have more success with sound
>under Gnome. Other GUI's do less or more well. YMMV. Try a a few
>of the other window managers and see how it does... :)
>
> Daniel in NJ...
>
>p.s. - I have a C-media chipset and apparently the only way to
>get midi and joystick is download a special "driver" module from C-Media
>and compile it into the Kernel. Since I do not relish the idea I may or may
>not give it a try. Good Luck!
>
>
>On Friday 16 February 2001 21:17, you wrote:
> > System: 800MHz Duron
> > MS-6340 Micro ATX VA Mainboard (with onboard Creative CT5880
>audio
> > - disabled in setup)
> > Creative Vibra128 Sound Card
> > 50x CD + 32x CDRW
> >
> > Dual-boot - Windows-ME + Mandrake 7.2
> >
> > Under Windows, the sound card works exactly as expected. General sounds
> > play, Midi files play, music CDs play.
> >
> > Under Linux, I have had all sorts of problems. After the original
>install,
> > basic sounds played properly, although midi files and music CDs didn't.
>
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