Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Dear Anyone, Before my computer crash 4 weeks ago I had sound working in
> > Linux but I do not know why it worked finally. Now after my reinstall
> > (without windows 95 this time) I am trying to set up sound and I just get
> > error messages when I try to do it through sndconfig. I went through this
> > exact same thing before and finally I just put in a musical CD after weeks of
> > going through this and I had sound! Now I tried the CD but no sound. Is there
> > anything else I can do? Yes, my card is supported and is on the list. It did
> > work before. It says something about device resource busy. Would anyone be
> > able to help me on this one?
> >
> > My other problem is- now that I finally have X going correctly( I think )I do
> > not get the graphical login manager where you login and pick a window
> > manager. I can only login in from the prompt with startx then I get KDE and
> > Gnome. I would like the choice of the other window managers, also. How do I
> > get the graphical login manager to come up?
> > Thank you very much,
> > Marcia
>
> Marcia....as root edit your /etc/inittab file and change 3 to
> a 5 in the following line like this:
>
> id:3:initdefault:
> to
> id:5:initdefault:
>
> The next time you boot the system you'll come up in the gui
> mode and will beable to login in the gui login manager.
>
> Concerning your sound problem, try this. On your Panel (at
> the bottom og f the screen) there is an icon for mixer. Open
> it and make sure that the volume is turned up loud enough. If
> this doesn't help then you'll need to supply more info about
> your sound card.
>
> Alan
Also make sure you have sound enabled within the KDE Control Centre
Cheers
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