Sorry if I caused this discussion, :( But I just want to say that yes sometimes when I see replies pointing me saying look for this and this make me wonder sometimes what is the point of a news group, but to be honest the best way to learn is someone pointing you in the right direction. Your not going to have someone their all the time to answer the question for you. You have to learn how to search for these answers using the resources you have. I think getting pointed to a source where I may find the answer will teach me not to depend on the news groups for everything I may not be able to answer. For those who have answered questions for me I thank you and for those who have pointed me to ways to look for the answer I also thank you. Hey Vic I am not trying to put your thought down, I am just expressing my opinion. :)
Thanks a lot :) Rad -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Matthew Melvin Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 7:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Linux Newbie - what's the point of newsgroups? Take a deep breath Victor. There are basically only two types of questions that are going to get answered on this mailing list. Questions that someone knows the answer to off the top of their head - "Oh that error ussually means you've got a syntax error in your conmfig file. Look in /etc/blah for where it says foo and change to say bah" - and questions that tweek someones couriosity enough that they're going to investigate for their own sake - "Odd.. I wouldn't have thought getting foo and bah to run at the same time would have caused that problem... I wonder whats going on here." That said - in no way was David told to 'get the fuck out'. He asked for some pointers to get him started and that's what he got. It's not as if rvelez told him to 'STFW' and left it at that. He provided some specific search terms that might be useful and /invited David back/ to follow it up with further postings to the list. >From the school of "teach a man to fish" this seems like an entirely appropriate response. Unless there's someone else on the list who acutally has a maestro3 on a dell c600 or has had the error "/dev/dsp : no such file" themselves this is really the best David could hope for. M. On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 at 7:11pm (-0500), Victor wrote: > Ok, I see this shit all the time, go search Google go do this go do > that.... > > What the hell is the point of mailing lists if the people that know how > to fix the problems are too lazy to help those in need? Why should one > even come to the mailing list in the future when one is told to > basically "get the fuck out"? I also subscribe to Microsoft and > macromedia newsgroups, and there are people who repeatedly as the same > question because they don't search Google or some other shit resource, > yet the moderators and other people are friendly enough to always answer > their questions if they ask. This is the way it's supposed to be. If you > don't want to answer the question shut the fuck up get out, don't tell > other people to get lost. Makes me sick. > > - end of rant. > > - Vic > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of David Busby > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 5:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Linux Newbie > > Search the archives for relevant terms, then try google. > After trying one or two things then tell us what you did, and where > you're > at now. > I'd try: > "red hat 8 maestro3" > "/dev/dsp" > "linux sound cards" > to start > > /B > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rvelez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 14:00 > Subject: Linux Newbie > > > > Hey guys I am currently running red hat 8.0 on a dell c600. It > > seems like the OS install picked up the soundcard maestro3. When I try > > to test the sound though I get a error saying /dev/dsp : no such file. > I > > am not sure where to start, anyone have any ideas or hints. Thanks for > > your help it is appreciated! > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Rad > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- WebCentral Pty Ltd Australia's #1 Internet Web Hosting Company Level 5, 100 Wickham St. Network Operations - Systems Engineer PO Box 930, Fortitude Valley. phone: +61 7 3249 2552 Queensland, Australia 4006. pgp key id: 0x900E515F -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
