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From: Roger Johansson on 23 Sep 2006 22:16 jmatt(a)webace.com.au wrote: > > If there was such a function in Linux I could easily disable the AC97 > > soundcard and use the SB-Live card instead. > In the bios, check > Enable/Disable onboard AC97 sound codec, set only to disabled when > using PCI sound card Your msg made me think again about disabling the AC97 system onboard. I had disabled it long ago, but since then I have updated the BIOS, and reset all values to default, and now I realized I have not disabled it after that operation. So I rebooted, disabled the AC97 onboard, and booted to the knoppix 5. The sound works as it should now, Knoppix found my soundcard during its startup. I love usenet, it is so nice to have thousands of experts to ask about anything and get help from them. There are always people who help one to see things from another angle, or know the exact solution to a problem. I have been struggling with this Knoppix sound problem for months and now it is finally solved. Thanks. -- Roger J.
From: jmatt on 23 Sep 2006 22:23 Roger Johansson wrote: > I love usenet, it is so nice to have thousands of experts to ask about > anything and get help from them. Nice work Roger, not only usenet, I use this & there are many more. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/browse_thread/thread/fae91e8a912c5a9a/2eb4109cf995fe50?hl=en&
From: Roger Johansson on 23 Sep 2006 23:26 jmatt(a)webace.com.au wrote: > > I love usenet, it is so nice to have thousands of experts to ask about > > anything and get help from them. > Nice work Roger, not only usenet, I use this & there are many more. Sometimes I write down a question, and spend time on describing the problem in detail, thinking about all factors that could influence it, and suddenly I realize what the solution is even before posting the question. Just the act of describing it in detail to others makes me think clearer and I find the solution and the message is never posted. Sometimes it is like this time, other people help me think about it from the right angle and I realize that I have forgotten to check something which I had assumed but was not correct about in my mind. Only two days ago I had a very strange mystery about an upgrade of the Opera browser, and I got help in the opera.general newsgroup. I wrote a long article about my investigation while I was going through all possibilities, so it took me more than an hour to write that message, describing every step I took to solve the mystery. Finally I realized that I had installed the upgrade to a totally different path and my fault finding investigation turned into painful description of looking in the wrong place for an upgraded program and why it wasn't working as it should in a folder it was never installed to. But, anyway, you can get a lot of help on usenet, and web forums, if you ask nicely and put a lot of effort into describing the problem carefully and write in a style that is easy to read. -- Roger J.
From: Mark Carter on 24 Sep 2006 04:02 Michael Wardreau wrote: > I have Ubuntu. After reading LfD (Linux for Dummies) and they didn't > mention Ubuntu, I didn't give it much thought. I've tried various distros, including FreeBSD, and came to the conclusion that Ubuntu was the best distro by miles. It's also the most popular distro, as you can see at http://distrowatch.com/ Admittedly, PCLinuxOS is one that I haven't tried. > I'm putting Linux on a Laptop I ran over with the car. The screen's > gone but it runs with a CRT that I bought at Goodwill for $4. The > Windows installation is still good on it, but won't run on the CRT for > some reason. In that case, what you need is Technical Support: http://www.weakendproductions.co.uk/movs/jebsjobs.html .... very funny and polished 3d animation. Enjoy!
From: Michael Wardreau on 24 Sep 2006 11:37
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 09:02:40 +0100, Mark Carter <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >Michael Wardreau wrote: > >> I have Ubuntu. After reading LfD (Linux for Dummies) and they didn't >> mention Ubuntu, I didn't give it much thought. > >I've tried various distros, including FreeBSD, and came to the >conclusion that Ubuntu was the best distro by miles. It's also the most >popular distro, as you can see at >http://distrowatch.com/ > >Admittedly, PCLinuxOS is one that I haven't tried. > > >> I'm putting Linux on a Laptop I ran over with the car. The screen's >> gone but it runs with a CRT that I bought at Goodwill for $4. The >> Windows installation is still good on it, but won't run on the CRT for >> some reason. > >In that case, what you need is Technical Support: >http://www.weakendproductions.co.uk/movs/jebsjobs.html >... very funny and polished 3d animation. Enjoy! I installed Ubunto. It seems awfully slow. Even the help items take their time appearing in the window one at a time. I did manage to "do" things with the install. I "accidentally" found my desktop machine and was able to copy and run some pictures and movies on my laptop. I even was able to install VLC media player. I do think I'll try another dist. of Linux, though. All window and file manager activities were too slow for my taste. Thanks for leading me to Ubuntu, though. |