Re: [newbie] No sound in linux?

2000-10-30 Per discussione Ben Steele
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Wayfarer wrote: When I run sounddrake (as root of course) it finds my sound card fine. When I hit 'test' I hear Linus's voice fine, but if I click on 'ok' I get: sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp' No such device- Only clicking 'exit' lets me out. I have checked the

Re: [newbie] UsRobotics PCI Modem

2000-10-30 Per discussione Ben Steele
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Carroll Grigsby wrote: whatever. If you do decide to go to the above site, it would be a good idea to know the FCC ID number for your modem, as that is the primary means of identification. The FCC ID is usually written on a white paper tag on the card, which means that

[newbie] Video resolution oddities

2000-10-26 Per discussione Ben Steele
I installed Mandrake 7.1 (my first Linux) on Monday morning. Since then, I've been trying to get my display resolution down to 800x600. My video card, a 32M ATI Rage Fury Pro ("detected as Rage 128 (generic)"), is capable of much more than my 15" monitor can comfortably display, and X