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From: kazman1914 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:45:36 PM
Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: The fun continues....
Hi Robert,
Thanks for the assistance. This forum is comprised of a very helpful
group of folks, and I appreciate that.
I tried to run from a live KNOPPIX CD on my desktop, but the screen
froze (same as with PCLinuxOS). I'll try it on my laptop to see if it
detects the sound card. It would be nice to have an alternative to
Ubuntu.
As I write this post I'm working from a live CD of freespire on my
desktop. I had tried freespire on my laptop but it wouldn't detect my
sound card. It had no problem detecting the sound card on my desktop.
I may install it as I really like the look.
~Sean
--- In LINUX_Newbies@ yahoogroups. com, "Robert" <bow_hauler@ ...> wrote:
>
> I would like to add a few comments to help smooth out some remaining
> wrinkles. I have only been using Linux for about 5 years, but I like
> to think I have come a long way as far details and features are
> concerned. If you want to view hidden files in a file manager, there
> should be a "View" menu that has an option related to hidden files. If
> not, then use the "Help" menu or go to the file managers project site
> and look for instructions. Might take a while. For getting YouTube
> videos to work, you need to install Firefox or Opera and go to Adobe's
> web site to download the appropriate plugin and Flash Player for
> Linux. Please note that the Linux version of Flash is very resource
> intensive, meaning it will run slowly on older systems. If you don't
> have at least 512MB of RAM and a 1GH processor, then don't even bother
> with Flash. Flash is absolutely required to view videos on YouTube
> because they use embedded Flash objects to show the video. If the
> video lags a lot in the page, then install a Firefox extension called
> Fast Video Download. Once installed, you can click it (maybe more then
> once) to bring up a download screen so you can save the video and then
> view. Don't worry about the .flv extension. Use MPlayer to view the
> file. Note that video and sound may be out of sync. This is due to
> errors in the file that is stored on YouTube's servers and can not be
> fixed. Most videos you may watch will not have this problem, but it is
> still annoying. Also, about MPlayer, you can use it to view/play Real
> Media files with a Win32 codec pack (forgot download link, Google it).
> Also, in order to get Wine to work, I beleive you have to first open
> up a terminal and run "winecfg" (without the quotes), that is, you
> type it in and press enter. It should set up your fake Windows drive
> (.wine) and allow you to run some Windows applications. The only thing
> I use Wine for is some Windows games, as I have found adequate
> replacements for frequently used Windows programs. I don't know what
> could be wrong with your sound card, but you may want to go to
> Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedi a.org) and read the articles on
> Enlightend Sound Deamon, ALSA, and OSS. All sound systems have there
> on set of modules. Certain modules will not work with certain cards.
> Also, you may have to go to a system control panel of some sort and
> specify wither the multimedia engine, sound system, or other settings
> to use. Because you never posted the make or model of your sound card,
> I can't recommend anything. I find that Sound Blaster compatible cards
> work pretty well. Also, about the /home and root partitions. I
> personally keep all the Linux directories one drive. That way, backup
> is a snap. Just use the GPartED live-CD to copy the whole partition
> onto another disc big enough to hold it, then restart the computer and
> compress everything on the drive either tar.gz or tar.bz2. A lot of
> people may frown upon this, saying that you shouldn't backup certain
> directories, but if the data on your drive is corrupted to the point
> where you MUST reformat, it doesn't matter. Also, I highly recommend
> sticking with a Live CDs to fin the right Linux for you. I have also
> experienced problems with laptops and notebooks, and I have only been
> able to find one solution: KNOPPIX. Knoppix is an amazing Live CD
> distro with an advanced hardware auto-detection and auto-configuration
> system. If the laptop has sound, there's a good chance Knoppix will
> find it. Hope some of this helped.
>
For video problems try loading the CD with some boot parameters. When you boot
the CD you get a menu called grub. There is a list of options to boot. At the
bottom is an area that shows the script commands for that boot option. They
will change as you highlight a different menu option. When the menu option that
you want is highlighted you can append commands to the script.
You can try adding vga=normal or xdrvr=vesa or both. also you get more info if
you boot in text mode as opposed to graphical. There is usually a key press
that will bring up the text screen, often F1 or ESC. Watch the messages as they
scroll by. this gives you an idea of how Linux loads and works and you will see
where the process stalls.
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