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Re: What to do when the lists just can't help me



On Thursday 28 April 2005 22:55, Rob Brenart (TT) wrote:
> I have a thinkpad, I've gotten Debian almost perfectly going on it.
>
> I, however, am continually frustrated by the sound systems in Linux.
> Right now my sound situation is that it works with my 2.6.10 kernel
> (which has a clock bug in it, so that's not great) but doesn't work at
> all with my 2.6.11 kernel
>
> I've tried this list, to no avail.
>
> Even in 2.6.10, I can't get sound to work with wine. The wine people had
> all sorts of helpful advice, but nothing worked out.
>
> So... google, the applicable lists, and IRC just aren't working for me.
>
> Now what? I live in Chicago, so I'm hoping geography won't limit me...
> but where do I go if I decide I'm willing to pay for someone to just do
> it? Is there a network of computer professionals that can help with this
> sort of thing, specifically in Debian?
>
> All my coworkers/friends are no help because, like me, their usage of
> linux is mostly for servers or to get real work done, so the sound
> system rarely means that much to anyone. And a minimal amount of
> thinking about where to go for assistance makes me think of either for
> pay services that will probably fidget a lot when they don't see a
> windows login, and a bunch of linux consultants who mostly tune
> databases and setup firewalls and the like.
>
> Curious, thanks.

As this seems to be a kernel problem, have you tried talking to the
author of the relevant driver to see if this a known problem or a new
one, and if a known problem if it will be fixed in a future kernel?

David



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