> Subject: Re: Sound Card > Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 04:15:00 +0200 > From: Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 06:35:00PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 05:48:57PM +1300, Michael Beattie wrote: > > > On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Collin Rose wrote: > > > > > > > How do I configure my sound card in linux? io=220 i=5 > > > > > > > > > > > > > You have to recompile your kernel, and enable sound support, either as a > > > module, or built-in. > > > > That this is necessary is one thing that will definitely keep linux from > > being a consumer os. The average user expects sound and doesn't even > > know what a compiler is. > > So what? Kernel compilation can be sufficiently automated, modules are > another solution. Making modules confgurable, too. > > Ever tried the kernel-package? Building a kernel is as hard as entering two > lines verbatim from the docs, and configuring it. Configuration could be > improved with better documentation. > > Marcus >
Ok, walk outside, choose a neighbor who has never used Linux before, and ask them to volunteer and build you a new kernel. Let us know how it turns out. :)
