Re: A question about how to ask a question

2013-03-12 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 3/13/13, Olivier Cailloux wrote: .. > some of you suggested. But I am reluctant to file a bug report before > being reasonably sure that it’s not something I did not configure > correctly. This is a really good intent. Just wanted to acknowledge you for your intent. Regards Zenaan -- To UNS

Re: A question about how to ask a question

2013-03-12 Thread Olivier Cailloux
Le 11/03/2013 20:27, Joe a écrit : I am not technical enough to tell you what files to compare. But I've heard of "asound.rc" or maybe it is "asoundrc" (don't remember sorry), so you could hunt google for that, and Ubuntu/Debian, and compare the files between the two OSs. But you have NOT ta

Re: A question about how to ask a question

2013-03-11 Thread Joe
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:24:45 +0100 Olivier Cailloux wrote: > >> > >> My graphic card is connected through HDMI to my screen. I get no > >> sound, > > * You have not said where your speakers are. There is an implication > > that the speakers are in your monitor, but this is not clear. > Yes indeed

Re: A question about how to ask a question

2013-03-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 01:21:23PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Freedom does not mean free of effort. I like it! :) Although in this case the OP is not sure what to look for and seems to have made quite a bit of effort IMHO. Not knowing Ubuntu myself, and not using HDMI either I can't offer a

Re: A question about how to ask a question

2013-03-10 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Hi Olivier, I prefer the other guy's answer "put it down to bad luck" [that you did not get answer so quickly]. On 3/11/13, Olivier Cailloux wrote: > Le 10/03/2013 03:21, Zenaan Harkness a écrit : >>> My graphic card is connected through HDMI to my screen. I get no sound, > Yes indeed, my speaker

Re: A question about how to ask a question

2013-03-10 Thread Olivier Cailloux
Hello Zenaan, Thanks for your detailed answer. On a general note, I tried to include details that I thought are at least a bit relevant (thus exclude details that I thought are not), in order not to make my post overly long. But that also requires some expertise I may lack... Le 10/03/2013 0

Re: A question about how to ask a question

2013-03-10 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 08:51:47PM +0100, Olivier Cailloux wrote: > Hi list, > > My question is about... how to best ask a question! That is because > I have the feeling I am not asking it in the best possible way. > I am very little time these days, so short questions are simply more attractive

Re: A question about how to ask a question

2013-03-09 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:51:47 +0100, Olivier Cailloux a écrit : > [Y R U NOT ANSWERING ME] Hey Olivier, I would personnally bet on badluck. As far as I can see, your question is well asked, maybe a bit too long, but who cares ? Because it's a question about debian, I'll try to help you for you

Re: A question about how to ask a question

2013-03-09 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 3/10/13, Olivier Cailloux wrote: > My question is about... how to best ask a question! That is because I ... > Original question: > Hi list, > > My graphic card is connected through HDMI to my screen. I get no sound, * You have not said where your speakers are. There is an implication that the

A question about how to ask a question

2013-03-09 Thread Olivier Cailloux
Hi list, My question is about... how to best ask a question! That is because I have the feeling I am not asking it in the best possible way. I have a problem with my sound setup. I tried many different things, to no avail, so I thought I would ask for help on an appropriate mailing list. I h