On Saturday September 18, 2004 06:24, Tim Fairchild wrote: > On Saturday 18 Sep 2004 14:20, Wyatt M. Portendt wrote: > > So that means that I can't choose my hardware based on features and > > You choose the hardware to suit your software. This should always be true. > You choose mac hardware to run OS/X, or playstation to run PS2 games and so > forth. Obviously in your case you bought windows hardware for windows. > That's fair enough. It makes the linux install a little hard for the > moment.
True. I probably should have figured not to try Linux with new hardware, since all the problems I've ever had with Linux have been hardware related. I just followed one of my Googles to a guy who said that older hardware and bleeding edge stuff is best supported in Linux. Guess that hit was wrong. Someday when I'm a little more flush I'll have to pore through Google for a few months and buy another separate computer using only their very short list of certified hardware - provided I have the time to go with the cash. Since I have to Google every single thing, it's probably best left till retirement, I guess. Did I misread the Newbies part of the list name? > So you have hardware with windows drivers and your options are to: > > a) use windows for the moment. > b) ask the hardware manufacturer to make a linux driver like they made one > for windows. > c) wait for a nice volunteer to write a driver for linux. It may even > already exist thanks to that nice guy who did it for you for free. > d) write it yourself. The last one is out. I can't even use it, so there's no way I'll ever be able to write a driver for it. I can't even imagine googling *that*. > > > there are nice guys who write the drivers for free. Maybe they'll have > > time to get around to mine eventually, or maybe it's out there already. > > Just gotta get the specific one for the specific versions of all my > > specific programs, I guess. > > That's it. You're right on track :) Yeah, I'm not *that* slow. > The driver situation exists in linux and windows. It's just that they write > the windows drivers for you :) Is that a bad idea? > > Well...I've looked and looked. I don't see Kmix anywhere. KDE 3.2.1 > > Show us the pci device list. Likely if the sound card is not detected at > all you won't have kmix to find... Okay. That's some information that I can use. As soon as I find the device list , I will. > > If I'm understanding you all right, the OS has nothing to do with sound, > > correct? The sound has to be configured individually for every program > > that needs it? > > Nope, the sound is handled by an OS kernel module. The sound device is then > available to the apps in user space. Okay. There appears to not be a suitable driver available (at least one I can install), so it's not gonna work. That's what I needed to know. Guess I knew that all along. I've run across messages in the lists before where people there had gotten devices to work and thought maybe someone would know. It appears not, so I'll just keep it as a toy for rainy days. K. I just got home from work and I'm beat. I'm not gonna beg Suse for anything tonight. I'll get to it sometime when I have the time and patience. Right now I want to use my computer. I really appreciate the hints. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
