Re: [newbie] The Linux virus myth

2004-07-26 Thread donmeliton
On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 04:43, John Wilson wrote: > Of course you could be missing the point that Microsoft keeps making that > Linux itself is a virus. :-) And so it is! I've been infected! Aaargh! ;) GermÃn. Want to buy your Pack or Servic

Re: [newbie] FIXED - ALSA driver not running

2004-07-25 Thread donmeliton
My heartfelt thanks to Frans and Raffaele. The problem is fixed, kinda. XMMS still refuses to play mp3s or oggs properly, even those ripped by myself with Grip. Totem plays both, though, so XMMS is going to be uninstalled pronto. Shame, really, I like it better than Totem, but there you are. Totem

Re: [newbie] ALSA driver not running

2004-07-25 Thread donmeliton
On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 21:09, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > Try this (as root): > > Edit the /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modprobe.conf (back them up first) > and remove all sound-related stuff (lines containing 'sound', 'sb', > 'synth', 'opl3'). Also remove all sound-related modules from the kernel

Re: [newbie] ALSA driver not running

2004-07-21 Thread donmeliton
On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 22:44, Frans Ketelaars wrote: > > # lsmod > > Module Size Used by > > ... > > sound 78956 6 opl3,sb_lib,uart401 > > The above says you are using OSS now. You can't use ALSA until the OSS > modules are removed. That sounds like a very go

Re: [newbie] ALSA driver not running

2004-07-21 Thread donmeliton
On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 16:49, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > What do you mean by 'cut-up sound'? Low volume sound or no sound at all? There is sound, as loud as I want it, but in half-second bursts, if you see what I mean. I.e. the song plays, I can listen to it from start to finish if I'm feeling maso

Re: [newbie] OT: Bordem ;-)

2004-07-19 Thread donmeliton
On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 09:19, Marc Hultquist wrote: > What does Mandrake actually mean ? Was just thinking about it now and well > while apache 2.x compiles I thought I would see what I could find out. Its > unfortunately to slow for me to browse the net right now :\ > > Anyone care to shed some