Re: sound, and floppies
Mark Grieveson wrote:
> Hello. I work in a shelter, and we obtained a donated computer which I
> set up. The computer is a Pentium II, 350 MHz, with 192 mb ram. It has
> the default install, with kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386 (and headers),
> alsa-modules-2.4.27-2.386, and the default gnome desktop. Shisen-sho,
> mahjongg, and supertux are a hit. However, there are some problems.
>
> I cannot get sound working properly. Upon booting, it indicates that
> alsa is started, but "(not loaded)". Sound works in gnome applications
> like gnometris, and on the internet, and other games, but when I load a
> kde program (guarddog, or kolf) I get an error message indicating that
> the sound server is pissed off, and is using the null output device (or
> something) instead. Then, sound works in nothing. After running
> alsaconf, I get sound working in the net, and working in games which are
> not associated with either kde or gnome (in those games, the sound does
> not work at this point, however). What's up with this? Shouldn't sound
> work in all the programs? (my co-workers all suggested to me that
> Windows 98 would be better, but I insisted on Debian. This does not
> strengthen my case).
Did you install arts? If yes, manually set to to alsa output in kcontrol. The
sound driver autodetection in arts _never_ worked for me.
And install Windows98? Today? With Debian at hand?
Even Windows2k would be a better choice than Windows98! And Debian is surely
an even better one :)
> Floppies are difficult to mount. Only a few can be mounted in the Debian
> computer. All of them were successfully read in the Windows computer at
> work. Any hints? All responses appreciated.
This might depend a lot on the floppy disk drive. You might want to test the
one from your work with the computer that has debian on it.
Additionally, you might want to use the mtools for easier access to floppy
disks (see the floppy:/ target in konqueror).
HS
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