I had the same problem with my sound blaster live 5.1 and tried everything i could think of even installed a new module and recompiled the Kernel.I was at my witts end then i tried something off the wall i moved the sound card to another PCI slot and that fixed the IRQ and I/O conflict and it has worked great ever since. --- Scott Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 09:48:30PM -0500, Wyatt M. > Portendt wrote: > > Yast says the kmix and alsa are installed. It > also says that emu10k1x is > > detected. Then it says that the kernel module > could not be loaded for that > > one possibly due to IRQ's and IO's or something > like that. I could give the > > details better, but I have to type them out by > hand and I have to keep > > popping the screen up, type a few words, then pop > it up again. I can't > > highlight, copy, and paste the error messages. :( > > > > Says it can be caused by improper parameters. I > don't know what the correct > > parameters are or how to enter them. :( > > > Again, not being familiar with SuSE, can't give you > specific answers. > > All kidding aside, I do see your point, as far as > advocacy and all that > and would have to disagree with some of the other > opinions. > > When someone is selling laptops installed with > Linux, and putting, in > not very large (albeit not tiny) print that the > modem doesn't work, one > has to think they (the seller) isn't doing a great > job of pushing Linux > to the public. > > There are distros and distros. Some are made to be > as compatible with > most hardware as possible, others are oriented > towards those who don't > mind spending a good deal of time making things > work. (Or, perhaps > these distros are more oriented towards the server > end, and if you want > to use them as a desktop, be prepared to do some > research.) > > SuSE, AFAIK, is supposedly aimed at being user > friendly, and in this > case, it sounds as if they didn't do that great a > job. > > > On the other hand, it does seem as if you devoted a > good deal of effort > to getting Windows to do what you wanted it to do, > including securing > IE, or using something else. As has been said, and > I can attest as a > systems/network administrator, browsing the Internet > with IE is somewhat > akin to walking through a minefield blindfolded. In > part, this is a > tribute to its success--most people aim at IE > because that's what most > people use. The big problem is how it is so tightly > integrated with the > O/S that anything affecting it affects the entire > O/S. > > I don't know about user groups being more friendly. > Watching this > thread it seemed it started nicely, then somehow > degenerated on both > sides, but I don't remember, or perhaps didn't note, > which side > degenerated first. :) > > I think that some of the complaints you have made > are justified. AFAIK, > SuSE pro costs money and they should get it together > about you not being > able to register on their web site. It's not as if > you took a free one > and expected it to just work, you went to the extra > trouble to buy a > distribution which is one that claims it does work. > > > As for error messages, yeah, that's one thing that > most O/S's do pretty > badly. Including MS. (There's a series of haiku > error messages that I > put up on my site, at > http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/haiku.html > ) > > (Not my creation, someone had sent it to me and I > put it up, thinking it > was pretty funny.) > > > Manufacturers, most of them, are in business to make > money. Business > has seldom been known for its altruism, and so they > aren't going to > necessarily create drivers for Linux if there's > little profit in it for > them. So, from an advocacy standpoint, I have to > disagree with some of > the points being made here. > > This, of course, doesn't mean I'm right. :) And > yeah, I do think it's > a bit ridiculous sometimes, that one has to google > for things that > should Just Work (TM). > > Anyway, I think the thread began to degenerate at > some point. So c'mon > folks, group hug. :) > > At this point, it seems to be something that isn't > going to Just Work > (TM) for you unless you get into it, that is, unless > you feel it's worth > the trouble to do the research, or at least get SuSE > to give you that > support for which you paid. :) > > So, I'd say the options are > 1) Get SuSE to help and write an aggravated email to > their customer > service department about how their web registration > had problems. That > one should, if it does nothing else, make you feel > better. > > 2) Say the heck with it > > 3) Get into it in the same way you got into learning > about Windows. > Learn a bit more about it, realize most of the docs > are horrible, and > remember how unhelpful MS help can be too, and work > with it the same way > you evidently have before. > > 2) Say the heck with it > > 3) Get into it in the same way you got into learning > about Windows. > Learn a bit more about it, realize most of the docs > are horrible, and > remember how unhelpful MS help can be too, and work > with it the same way > you evidently have before. > > As far as graphics--one big difference twixt Linux > and other *nix's is > that the graphic system is distinct. In MS, the GUI > is fully > integrated, with the upside that it runs more > smoothly (though recent > improvements, at least if you're not a gamer, have > considerably closed > the gap) and the downside that if something screws > up the GUI the O/S > becomes close to being unusable. Things like sound > are part of the > actual Linux kernel. How sound works in various > apps though is also > somewhat distinct from Linux itself, one reason > Debian and others insist > on the term GNU Linux--as many of the applications, > including some very > essential programs were created by the GNU > foundation and have nothing > to do with Linux itself. > > Ooops, forgot option 4). Try the distro slut > approach, go to > www.distrowatch.com, browse around and see which > ones claim to be good > for desktop users who don't want to spend too much > time figuring out how > it works and trying a few of them. There's Mepis, > Knoppix, Mandrake's > latest and greatest, Yoper, and plenty of others, > all aimed at being > user friendly. Some of them actually succeed now, I > think. > > This of course, is only a course if you don't mind > installing one, > trying it, seeing it doesn't meet your needs, wiping > it and installing > another. Most of these install in under an hour, > anyway. :) > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ 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! 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