Re: ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro Problem
> >>>>> "red" == red <bigbill@gmx.net> writes:
>
> red> Hi I have an "network" laptop with an ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro
> red> sound card. I use the 2.4.17 kernel. I install the new kernel and
> red> i must did something wrong because modconf shows me only "pcmcia
> red> cards" ;) Now I try to install the soundcard driver with alsaconf
> red> but there is no card with *ES1978 ;(
>
> Not clear what you mean here. You mean you can't find the right driver
> in the list that alsaconf gives you? Look at 0x33 (ESS_Maestro-1/2/2E
> (ES1968/1978) chips). The sorting that alsaconf does is horrible.
>
> Or do you mean that alsaconf won't find the right module? Make sure
> that you have alsa-modules for the right kernel version installed.
Once the correct modules get loaded, a lot of higher level things, including
middleware like alsa, get much happier.
among other things, /dev/dsp should probably work
> red> sorry for my bad english ;)
>
> Your English is mostly fine. A few notes, though: "I have *a* "network"
> laptop..." (only use "an" when the next word begins with a vowel.
> Otherwise use "a".) And in English, the names of languages (at least
> human languages, though it's mostly true of computer languages too) are
> always capitalized, so it's "English" and not "english". The word "I"
> is also always capitalized.
>
> You have some other mistakes, but these are the easiest ones to
> remember and to explain. (e.g. "i must did" -> "I must have done" -- I
> have no idea what kind of rule that would be.)
do and be are both passive, they get a boost from the helping verb, have,
when you put them in past tense.
I recommend the slim book by Strunk and White (I think that's William Strunk)
for learning the finer points of English grammar, but it's been my experience,
between native speakers who don't care about the details and non-native ones
who do care, that the ones who care are at least understandable. Most grade
school grammar teachers would whap me for that long sentence even though it's
otherwise correct. So... don't worry too much, just make sure to make the
point clear, and everything will work out fine.
* Heather Stern * star@ many places...
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