adduser audio <usuario> > > > > red> Hi I have an "network" laptop with an ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro > > red> sound card. I use the 2.4.17 kernel. I install the new kernel and > > red> i must did something wrong because modconf shows me only "pcmcia > > red> cards" ;) Now I try to install the soundcard driver with alsaconf > > red> but there is no card with *ES1978 ;( > > > > Not clear what you mean here. You mean you can't find the right driver > > in the list that alsaconf gives you? Look at 0x33 (ESS_Maestro-1/2/2E > > (ES1968/1978) chips). The sorting that alsaconf does is horrible. > > > > Or do you mean that alsaconf won't find the right module? Make sure > > that you have alsa-modules for the right kernel version installed. > > Once the correct modules get loaded, a lot of higher level things, including > middleware like alsa, get much happier. > > among other things, /dev/dsp should probably work > > > red> sorry for my bad english ;) > > > > Your English is mostly fine. A few notes, though: "I have *a* "network" > > laptop..." (only use "an" when the next word begins with a vowel. > > Otherwise use "a".) And in English, the names of languages (at least > > human languages, though it's mostly true of computer languages too) are > > always capitalized, so it's "English" and not "english". The word "I" > > is also always capitalized. > > > > You have some other mistakes, but these are the easiest ones to > > remember and to explain. (e.g. "i must did" -> "I must have done" -- I > > have no idea what kind of rule that would be.) > > do and be are both passive, they get a boost from the helping verb, have, > when you put them in past tense. > > I recommend the slim book by Strunk and White (I think that's William Strunk) > for learning the finer points of English grammar, but it's been my experience, > between native speakers who don't care about the details and non-native ones > who do care, that the ones who care are at least understandable. Most grade > school grammar teachers would whap me for that long sentence even though it's > otherwise correct. So... don't worry too much, just make sure to make the > point clear, and everything will work out fine. > > > * Heather Stern * star@ many places... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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