Hehe, thaNKS heaps for the crtl+alt+f7m advice; I was able to get some sound configuration going! Again, thanks:) No if only I could learn to save directly from a program like starword or the gimp to a floppy i will feel as though i getting somewhere. good cheer, thmswldmn
>From: "Mark D'voo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] no sound >Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:50:06 +0600 > >On Sunday 13 January 2002 11:18 pm, you wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have installed 8.1 easily except for the fact that i can't get any >sound. > > > > I went to control center/hardware and then the system blacks out... > >the system doesn't actually black out, it throws you into a virtual console >for some reason, press control-alt-F7, that will take you back into X and >you >will see harddrake and be able to configure your soundcard > >mark > >and i > > have to reboot. I am a complete newbie with regard to Linux, having only > > used windows 3.1,95/8 and 2000 up to this point, and so I have no clue >as > > to what I should do. > > My sound card is a soundblaster pci128. > > I checked the bios to make sure pnp os was disabled and I did the >sndconfig > > thing. sndconfig told me that my soundblaster > > pci128 sound card was an ensoniq/ES1370 Ausio PCI card and that it >wasn't > > currently supported. I was given no other options like a tree to select >my > > card from... But, Is this so, as my sound card is at least 4 years old i > > think?? I am beginning to think I don't have the wits to deal with this. > > Any assistance would be great. > > respectfully, > > thmswldmn > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > >-- > 11:49am up 2 days, 16:05, 3 users, load average: 0.36, 0.18, 0.18 > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
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