OK, now for the sound - this can get a bit tricky, so bear with me, 'k?
I have an iMac DV (late 2000) w/ sound working fine - so have hope :)
First, you should know that I use alsa for sound - so if you have
something against alsa, this won't work for you.
Step one - configure /etc/modules.conf
My modules.conf looks like this:
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
# ALSA portion
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-awacs
# OSS/Free portion
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
# OSS/Free portion - card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
<snip>
I left out entries for my network card, usb, and usb-storage drivers.
These are probably already in your modules.conf
So, getting this in and restarting should get alsa loaded - you also
need to make sure that you have the alsa RPMs. I have the following
versions:
alsa-lib-devel-0.5.10-2mdk
alsa-utils-0.5.10-2mdk
alsa-lib-0.5.10-2mdk
you probably don't need the first, -devel-, but it won't hurt to have it
installed, either.
Get to this point & write back!
-Brice
Jeff Hergan wrote:
>Can someone help me with this?
>
>I'm trying to get an HP Laserjet 1200s (USB) running, using cups.
>During the install, it showed a list of drivers but HP Laserjet 1200s
>was not among them. There's even an HP Laserjet utility in
>the Printing setup menu--but it just won't work.
>
>And the sound thing--when I start kde I hear that awful static noise.
>How does one get sound up and running?
>
>Finally the built-in cdrw in a new iMac.
>But I haven't looked for info yet--so maybe I'll read the friendly
>manual before I ask for help on that. But the printing and sound are two
>biggies that I gotta get working asap, if someone would be so kind.
>
>Thanks (and great job, Stew!)
>
>Jeff
>
>Jeffrey P. Hergan, Ph. D.
>Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
>Saint Xavier University
>Chicago
>
