Re: Sound configuration not in initial install
On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 01:25:29AM -0800, George Bonser wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Feb 11, 1999 at 09:09:32AM -0600, David Webster wrote:
> > > During the drivers installation phase there is no facility for
> > > installing sound card info. I find this quite odd since sound is as
> > > ubiquitous in computing today as ethernet and TCP/IP. The failure to
> >
> > Not on Unix, IMHO. But anyway ...
>
> Huh? Just about every commercial Unix has audio support by default. When
> was the last time you installed Solaris? I get great delight from sending
Never, to be honest :-)
> weird sounds to people's Sun workstations from time to time. The
> "flatulnt newbie" is my favorite trick. Works great in cube-farms.
Hmmm, OK then. My HP-UX workstation at work is supremely silent,
but apart from that all I use is linux.
> That is why I just spring for the $20 and get the OSS sound drivers.
I refuse on principle.
Hamish
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