Hi Philomena
I am using Mandrake 7.1. My soundcard is a Sounblaster Infra PCI 128. And just
realized that I can't enable system sounds (I checked the box "Enable system sounds",
but it didn't work). I just discovered last weekend I can play WAVs!!
Thanks Philomena
Hugo
>-----Original Message-----
>From: philomena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 9:10 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Cannot configure sound on 7.1
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>
>Hugo,
>
>Sorry if this is repetetive, but I must have missed this
>earlier in the thread
>- what version of mandrake did you install, what type of sound
>card do you have
>and what driver is it using ?
>
>philomena
>
>Fran Parker wrote:
>
>> mp3s too! We have a little 386 computer with 8 megs on
>> our porch running redhat 6 (only because it is not a pentium
>> and doesn't have 32megs ram...otherwise it would be
>> Mandrake 7, like mine)...anyway can sit on the porch and
>> sign in to my Mandrake machine, as user, su to root, and
>> run mp3s from the command line (mp3s are all on my archive
>> hard drive - windoze drive).
>>
>> It is way cool, sitting there listening to mp3s thru the stereo
>> from my computer upstairs, while stting on the porch and
>> enjoying the breeze! While doing all that, can check mail
>> on another terminal window, via connection on my Mandrake
>> machine upstairs, while switching to another terminal window
>> and chatting on dal.net or downloading a file from some
>> ftp site or surfing the web (text style that is). Is linux cool
>> or what!
>>
>> We love it!
>>
>> Bambi
>>
>> Paul wrote:
>>
>> > On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Dennis Myers wrote:
>> >
>> > >Hugo GONZALEZ wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> I don't have sounds either (cannot play system sounds,
>wav files,
>> > >etc), but music CDs and avi videos have no problem: sound
>is perfect.
>> > >Try playing a CD, I didn't realized CD had sound until
>two weeks after I
>> > >installed Mandrake. Why CDs and avi files have no problem
>with sound? I
>> > >still don't know, I am trying to find out. > > Hugo
>> > >
>> > >Hugo, if you are running KDE or Gnome for a desktop go to
>settings ,
>> > >sound and check the enable box in the upper left of the
>window, select
>> > >your sounds and apply and you should have system sound. Or did we
>> > >already give this a try? Dennis
>> >
>> > Another option would be to just open an xterm and do
>> >
>> > play <path/name_of_wave_file>
>> >
>> > Yes, folks. Linux can play wav's without a graphical
>environment! :)
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
>> > --
>> > You can't depend on your eyes
>> > when your imagination is out of focus.
>> > - Mark Twain
>> >
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