Re: [newbie] Sound card configuration problems

2000-09-21 Thread John Rye
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: why do people always suggest the most obvious stuff that was already done and listed in there message as "i did this but the wrong thing happened" and then someone has to be %*%*%* and suggest what they already did, its ubsured and ignorant This is not intended to

Re: [newbie] Sound card configuration problems

2000-09-21 Thread Larry Marshall
As is the next - If you don't know the answer to why the car above won't start, should you not suggest "Did you turn the key to see if the starter would operate" - seems fairly sensible. I'm reminded of the basic tech support question in the early days of the PC. "Is the machine plugged into

Re: [newbie] Sound card configuration problems

2000-09-21 Thread Mwinold
its common sense when they post hey i did this and yet you give them a reply telling them to do the exact same thing that they said didnt work in one message this doesnt make sense to me. and i have had to deal with it myself i say hey i ran this program and it killed my system, your reply hey

[newbie] Sound card configuration problems

2000-09-20 Thread pablito
This is just a gripe. I know that Harddrake (or sounddrake) is just another linux shell that conveniently runs existing teccho programs that most people don't understand, but the various programs in my distribution of 7.1 don't seem to match up, and when I try to upgrade them, they don't match

Re: [newbie] Sound card configuration problems

2000-09-20 Thread Ian Land
Try running sndconfig from a terminal window as root. HTH Ian This is just a gripe. I know that Harddrake (or sounddrake) is just another linux shell that conveniently runs existing teccho programs that most people don't understand, but the various programs in my distribution of 7.1 don't

Re: [newbie] Sound card configuration problems

2000-09-20 Thread John Rye
pablito wrote: This is just a gripe. I know that Harddrake (or sounddrake) is just another linux shell that conveniently runs existing teccho programs that most people don't understand, but the various programs in my distribution of 7.1 don't seem to match up, and when I try to upgrade

Re: [newbie] Sound card configuration problems

2000-09-20 Thread Mwinold
why do people always suggest the most obvious stuff that was already done and listed in there message as "i did this but the wrong thing happened" and then someone has to be %*%*%* and suggest what they already did, its ubsured and ignorant In a message dated 20-Sep-00 09:38:59 Central