Hi,

> --> > --> > Firefox seems to handle flash better than Modzilla does - can I 
> apt-get
> --> > --> > remove "Modzilla Web Browser" and "Modzilla Composer" now?
> --> > --> sure you can.
> --> > Thanks - after I posted I figured the tools would tell me if 
> --> > these were depended upon by other modules - I'll give this a try later.
> --> > apt-get remove <package>
> Couldn't figure out what to remove - seemed like anything I found and choose 
> had dependencies that would remove core things that Firefox uses. Maybe I 
> just need to remove the aliases to the Modzilla Web Browser... Are there 
> specific packages to remove?

apt-get remove mozilla-browser

> --> > --> please post the output of
> --> > --> lspci
> --> There is no soundcard listet here. So your card is a non PCI, 
> --> which means in
> --> this case it is an ISA card. So you have to try.. 
> --> in the dir /lib/modules/<kernek version>/kernel/sound/isa/
> --> should be some modules.. 
> 
> Don't have the sound directory, just
> /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/kernel

ah ok, in 2.4 everything is a bit different..

apt-get install alsa-modules-2.4.27-2-386 alsa-utils

then with alsaconf you should by able to configure the card.

> --> you can load them using modprobe, and with dmesg you can 
> --> From: Adrien Caillot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 6:05 AM
> --> Windows said it was an "ESS Audiodrive 1869".
> --> 
> --> It works with my 2.4.27 kernel with the "sb" module :
> --> modprobe sb irq=5
> 
> okay - seems like great information - but how do I use that to get my sound 
> to work?
> #modprobe sb irq=5
> #dmesg
> last few lines returned are
> ...
> isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
> isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
> Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
> sb: No ISAPnP cards found, trying standard ones...
> SB 3.01 detected OK (220)
> ESS chip ES1869 detected

This is the OSS module, you can use it, but its obsolete.

> #
> Got a .wav file to play! But the volume control in the GUI stays stuck and 
> returns to zero by itself - and there is no sound from web pages in Firefox. 
> Will try again tomarrow.

which GUI? kde/gnome/window-maker/...

> --> For the touchpad, I just said to Xfree that it was a PS/2 mouse and it 
> --> works well.
> 
> I think maybe I'm being to optimistic. I have a USB mouse plugged in and was 
> expecting both the touchpad and that to both work at the same time. Should 
> the USB mouse be hot swappable? The touchpad and the USB mouse both work but 
> mutually exclusive?

make sure you use /dev/input/mice as input device then hotplug an external
mouse should be no problem.

-- 
Florian Reitmeir


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