You are running cooker, so if you have problems, please report them in a nice way. This might actually work better than the rant below. Also, I think someone replied to your previous message already, and you did't even see that?
Danny On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Tom Whiting wrote: > Ok, 3rd time's the charm MAYBE. > Unfortunately, my patience with Mandrake has reached an end. Certain > applications require play (/usr/bin/play), which **gasp** someone decided to > play with? > > Once again (for the third time), how do I get this configured to WORK > correctlY? Considering someone up there decided they knew everything and that > they should mess with something that worked PERFECTLY, it is now up to that > someone to respond. > > Certain applications rely on play (again /usr/bin/play), some actually rely on > the OSS drivers. Some are even ((gasp)) binary applications meaning they CAN > NOT be changed. One VERY common application like that is crossover. Since > the change, NOTHING for sound has come out of that.. -=THAT=- is enough to > drive me back to a decent OS that actually (gasp) WORKS out of the box and > doesn't mess with that which WORKS correctly (sound for one). Applications > like this, I gladly (GLADLY) pay for. Applications that don't provide basic > driver support, or half assed support for said drivers I pay nothing for. > Applications (or operating systems) that refuse to LISTEN to what their > users are saying I pay nothing for, and no attention to. > > Since I started using Mandrake, I have seen nothing but problems. Failure to > unmount devices properly, failure to do many things properly. Now, this just > takes the cake. You take a driver that WAS working, and you trash it. For > WHAT reason? So, those of us that REQUIRE the drivers for this card are told > what, to go buy a new card? I don't think so!! > > I realize that life as a tech is damn near impossible (I AM one), but I also > realize that there is NO reason to "fix" something or "modify" somthing that > works 100%, which up untill this last release sound HAS done. Now, someone, > PLEASE explain to me why I all of the sudden have HALF ASSED sound support > (right out of the box mind you). I'd LOVE to hear the explanation for this. > >
