On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 14:28, Skip Morrow wrote: > Once and for all, I'd like to have my sound card working *right*. Ever > since I started with linux (several years ago), I have always had one > problem or another with sound. Works with one window manager but not > another. Works with this app but not that one. Works for a while but > stops inexpicibly (sp??) whenever it feels like it. Someone, anyone, > tell me what soundcard you are using, what software drivers you loaded > (esd, artsd, etc.), if any, what you have in /etc/modules.conf, and any > other immediately apparent tips. From my experience, this in one of > those things that will keep linux off the desktop for most people, > unless we get it straight. > > Skip
Although I'll get flamed for this, RedHat isn't quite the best for sound/multimedia - there are other distributions that have made more of an effort in this arena, and you might find it worth your while to check it out being that sound/multimedia are a priority to you. I used to live solely for the RedHat, but after RH 8.0, I had no choice but to find something else for my "workstation" purposes. Now, on the other hand, I love to put RH on every server I get in my grubby little hands, so I haven't quite left the flock - I sincerely believe that RHL works wonders on servers and is a better product for that purpose...but for a workstation, there are way too many performance issues, sound/multimedia issues and other niggling issues that prevent me from mucking around with it too much. Mandrake 9.1 is turning into a quite a multimedia/sound package - and generally, 90% of the time picks up all your sound/multimedia devices on the first go; and I'm personally more than impressed with it's sound reproduction and performance for doing things as complex as sound engineering and DD recording...(aside from the usual MP3 playing and DVD playing and the likes). Just my two Aussie cents... -- Sat Jun 14 17:05:00 EST 2003 17:05:00 up 1 day, 19 min, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.11, 0.06 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * *C'est ca la mer ?!! En fait c'est de l'eau ! Vas-y toi, elle m'a mouill la mer !* Attend tu respectes "the Sea", d'accord !! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
