Re: more sound difficulties

2000-10-01 Thread Christopher Fonnesbeck
Thanks for the help. I will try your configuration. > > First off, why does a production machine *need* sound unless you are > doing sound work? Some users will be doing sound work. >Servers probably shouldn't even have sound cards. Its a laptop, not a server > Secondly, ALSA is still beta

more sound difficulties

2000-10-01 Thread Christopher Fonnesbeck
Unfortunately, I have been unable to get the ALSA sound working either in an IBM thinkpad, or on a desktop system with a standard soundblaster. I have installed all of the relevant alsa packages, but the alsaconfig utility doesnt detect the card in either case (very bad sign), nor does it accept a

Re: ongoing sound problems

2000-09-29 Thread Christopher Fonnesbeck
. Debian should really have a sound configuration tool like RedHat IMHO. Chris Hubert Chan wrote: > > Christopher Fonnesbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I dont see what's wrong either! When I try and start any audio > > application, it claims that either the

Re: ongoing sound problems

2000-09-29 Thread Christopher Fonnesbeck
I dont see what's wrong either! When I try and start any audio application, it claims that either the hardware is not detected or its busy. I am using GNOME -- could it be an ESD issue? Thanks, Chris William T Wilson wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Christopher Fonnesbeck wrote: &

ongoing sound problems

2000-09-29 Thread Christopher Fonnesbeck
Hello, I'm having a great deal of trouble getting my Soundblaster card to work in Debian 2.2. Is there a Debian equivalent to sndconfig for RedHat? I have sound support and the drivers installed into the kernel (I have tried modules as well), and the sound card does get picked up and "configured

sound in debian

2000-09-21 Thread Christopher Fonnesbeck
I am having a hell of a time getting my SB sound card working in Debian (2.2). I have tried loading it as a module and in the kernel, but to no avail. Modconf configures and installs the module without errors or conflicts, yet any audio application complains that there is no sound hardware availab