Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 16 in Mandrake 8

2001-08-14 Thread Frans Ketelaars
Linus Drouhard wrote: Thanks for helping me. Someday, I hope this makes sense to me. Answers to your queries are below. On Monday 13 August 2001 9:13, Frans Ketelaars wrote: Linus Drouhard wrote: I can't get midi files to play, except in sndconfig. See other responses below. I

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 16 in Mandrake 8

2001-08-13 Thread etharp
I am gonna snip out a lot of this so that it don't get to long to read On Sunday 12 August 2001 23:10, Linus Drouhard wrote: I think we're heading down the wrong path. Just the fact we know your video card is agp and not sharing a slot is a big help and a good start. No, there isn't

[Fwd: Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 16 in Mandrake 8]

2001-08-13 Thread Frans Ketelaars
[heh, forgot to send to the list] Linus Drouhard wrote: I can't get midi files to play, except in sndconfig. See other responses below. I don't know what most of this means. Thanks for your help. On Friday 10 August 2001 2:36, Frans Ketelaars wrote: Adams, Jamie wrote: It seems

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 16 in Mandrake 8

2001-08-12 Thread Linus Drouhard
I can't get midi files to play, except in sndconfig. See other responses below. I don't know what most of this means. Thanks for your help. On Friday 10 August 2001 2:36, Frans Ketelaars wrote: Adams, Jamie wrote: It seems odd that you are only getting 'snippets' of sound. Is it

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 16 in Mandrake 8

2001-08-12 Thread etharp
Yes, I believe it is in the shared slot with the PCI. but the real question I _meant_ to ask was that there was nothing in the other shared slot. open KDE Control Center=Sound=Sound Server and made the default the sound driver (neither ALSA nor autodetect) then logged out an rebooted.

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 16 in Mandrake 8

2001-08-12 Thread Linus Drouhard
I think we're heading down the wrong path. I've checked another place in KDE and there aren't ANY drivers installed for the Soundblaster! HardDrake sees it incorrectly and won't load the drivers. I tried manually. Thanks for your patience. Here are the answers to your questions below.

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 16 in Mandrake 8

2001-08-08 Thread Linus Drouhard
To see if I had Kmix, I went to the menus of installed programs. I also checked in the Package Manager, didn't find Kmix at all there. I don't know any other way (remember I'm a total newbie to Linux). I can get CD's to play, just not MP3's. I've not tried any other audio format. I'll try

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 16 in Mandrake 8

2001-08-08 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Try running aumix. If the command doesn't exist, install the package of the same name. On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 14:04, Linus Drouhard wrote: To see if I had Kmix, I went to the menus of installed programs. I also checked in the Package Manager, didn't find Kmix at all there. I don't know any

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 16 in Mandrake 8

2001-08-06 Thread Nicolás Gómez
works properly:=) I suppose that this could be your problem - Original Message - From: Adams, Jamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 8:14 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] SoundBlaster 16 in Mandrake 8 It seems odd that you are only getting 'snippets

Re: [newbie] SoundBlaster 16 in Mandrake 8

2001-08-05 Thread etharp
run Kmix and make sure the levels are respectable to hear (half way) and that in BIOS, plug and pray aware OS is set to OFF. On Sunday 05 August 2001 14:05, Linus Drouhard wrote: I have an old Soundblaster 16 that I cannot get to work. I ran sndconfig and it would play the sample sounds in