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Article #668Re: Configuring hardware
From: jimboballard
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:00
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:00
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Try the OSS sound driver.http://www.4front-tech.com. Worked for me. Also watch /var/log/messages for what's happening.Never tried the man page thing. "Darragh Γ HΓ©iligh" wrote: > > Hello, > > I have recently installed Red hat for Linux with some difficulty. I'm not > too sure what version because I downloaded it about 15 months ago, and since > then I had to change the file name and I forgot to include the program > version. > > The problems that I am having are below > > I am a blind user of Linux and thus I depend on sound to operate the system. > The main problem that I am having is, the system cant detect my sound card. > I have looked at the product support list on the www.redhat.com web page, > and it is listed. When looking at the products supported on my version it > has Sound blaster, Sound blaster pro and another sound blaster card but not > the one that I have. > "now for the question" > Is there something that I can do to get the operating system to detect my > sound card? > If not, is there a way that I can download the drivers from the web when > using windows, bring them to Linux and install them? I need to do this in > Windows because I cant configure my modem with out the assistance of sound. > > Last but not least: > is there any way that I can view the "man" pages threw windows? I want to > do this so I can get a grasp on Linux while these problems are being worked > on? > > Thanks > > Darragh > www.digytek.com
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