Re: [newbie] NVIDIA screen brightness

2001-03-16 Per discussione Tom Badran
Often brightness problems occur because you havent specified the correct monitor in setup. Try the similar ones until you get a satisfactory result. -- Microsoft is not the answer, its the question. And the answer is no. www.badran.co.uk

Re: [newbie] Problem with Appolo Super AC97/Audio sound card

2001-03-05 Per discussione Tom Badran
Basically the kernel drivers (oss) dont work properly and you want the alsa ones. To set this up you need to add the following lines to your /etc/modules file: snd-card-via686a snd-pcm-oss This will cause the modules to be loaded every time the computer boots. To test this, type (as root):

Re: [newbie] Smoother internet connection process?

2001-03-05 Per discussione Tom Badran
On Monday 05 March 2001 9:07 pm, you wrote: Greetings. I have an @Home cable modem connection. In order to access the internet from Linux, I must go into terminal, su to root, and issue the "dhcpcd" command. How could I possibly bypass this? Thanks! You really should not need dhcpd

Re: [newbie] No sound

2001-03-05 Per discussione Tom Badran
On Monday 05 March 2001 9:13 pm, you wrote: My Crystal PnP soundcard wasn't detected during the LM 7.2 install. The Sound Wizard is absent from HardDrake, and sndconfig is not installed either. Reinstalling HardDrake didn't add the Sound Wizard, and my attempt to install sndconfig brought