On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 17:32, Margot wrote: > Is this as bad as it looks? I didn't dare go any further!
Oy. Ok...let's do this from the top. Margot, ya want sound? 1.) Remove any and all references to anything to do with a sound card or a sound module from your /etc/modules.conf 2.) In "HardDrake" remove the card/driver. 3.) Power OFF the machine - for at least 30 seconds. 4.) Make SURE in your BIOS that you have PNP OS set to NO and that the AC97 SOUND is set to ON and the AC97 MODEM is set OFF. Save the changes in BIOS - which will warm-boot - and watch carefully for any messages whilst booting - like "New Hardware Found" - "Removing old configuration" - or whatever. 5.) Once you've logged into MDK, check all mixer volumes (aumix, kmix, alsamixergui - and make sure they're not muted) 6.) Reboot again for good measure. AT THIS POINT - if you DO NOT have any sound, then we can dig deeper. Just by doing all of the above, you should - SHOULD have some sound. I personally don't like the AC97 crap that's built into motherboard, but ain't nothing we can do about the manufacturers...and since we're not slapping in a really nice new sound card right now, let's just get those steps over with - ay? stephen kuhn - owner ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents ------------------------------------------------------------------ Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, And munched and mumbled a bare old bone; For many a year he had gnawed it near, For meat was hard to come by. Done by! Gum by! In a cave in the hills he dwelt alone, And meat was hard to come by. Up came Tom with his big boots on. Said he to Troll: "Pray, what is youn? For it looks like the shin o' my nuncle Tim, As should be a-lyin in graveyard. Caveyard! Paveyard! This many a year has Tim been gone, And I thought he were lyin' in graveyard." "My lad," said Troll, "this bone I stole. But what be bones that lie in a hole? Thy nuncle was dead as a lump o' lead, Afore I found his shinbone. Tinbone! Thinbone! He can spare a share for a poor old troll For he don't need his shinbone." Said Tom: "I don't see why the likes o' thee Without axin' leave should go makin' free With the shank or the shin o' my father's kin; So hand the old bone over! Rover! Trover! Though dead he be, it belongs to he; So hand the old bnone over!" -- J. R. R. Tolkien
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