As usual, your problem stems from the fact that you are trying to run Linux on Windows hardware. Before buying any piece of hardware, first make sure it works with Linux. Yes this is one more step you have to go through that you normally don't have to with Windows, especially if you are buying from the likes of bestbuy, etc. The same is true vice versa. Windows won't run out-of-the-box on Linux hardware. Try running XP on EEE PC or OLPC.
Obviously you will rarely find Linux support information on the package, but you can find it either on the manufacturer's web site or public user forums. For most of the hardware problems I've had in Ubuntu I could find an answer on Ubuntu forums. Sometimes a piece of hardware is rebranded, but internally runs the same chips and circuits as many other similar products. Sometimes is helps to check the technical specs of the product and make sure that the chipset is supported by Linux. A good example is M-Audio. Their sound cards are branded as M-Audio products, but they are based on envy24 chipset which is supported in Linux. I hope that this helps in your future Linux endeavours and that you won't give up on Linux that easily. I didn't, and like you I had to learn it the hard way. But now that Ubuntu works on all my home PCs and laptops I enjoy the full power and flexibility of Linux at no cost and no lock-ins, and listening to other people's Windows problems :) Yegor On Feb 10, 2008 6:24 AM, ptoye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to agree.I'm a complete Linux (but not Unix) newbie. Having just > acquired an old system box I thought I'd give Linux a play, so put > Ubuntu Gutsy on it. > > Then plugged in my USB sound card. Couldn't find anything about how to > configure sound cards, so tried recording. Was told that "Your audio > capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia > settings". Gusty doesn't have Multimedia settings, so tried the Sound > settings instead. Found the card, and changed the "chat" setting (and > why "chat" - the last thing I want to record?) to point to it. Then > clicked "Test" and got the Failed to construct pipeline...." message. > > Poked around the conferences and fora and found that I had to enable ESD > (whatever that is?) and found it was already enabled. Enabled everything > in the volume control. Still the same message. > > So can we please have some support for USB sound in both directions? Or > at least some documentation? The Help file for Sound Preferences does > not correspond with the software, and I cannot find any tutorial > documentation on what the various components of the sound system work > and fit together. (Get onto the Alsa-project site, and you're bombarded > with techno-babble on the first page). > > And, as Casey J Peter wrote, in Windows it just works first time. > > Sorry if this sounds like a whinge, but I'm finding Linux VERY > frustrating to work with. > > > -- > [gutsy] no sound: Failed to construct test pipeline in sound recording > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131711 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > -- [gutsy] no sound: Failed to construct test pipeline in sound recording https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131711 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
