[CS-FSLUG] Switching to linux

[Don Parris]

My brother donated his PC to our ministry, and when I run SUSE 8.0, it
doesn't recognize the on-board sound card either.  Does anyone know if
on-board sound cards normally present a problem for Linux?


On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:38:35 -0700, Jerry Van Brimmer
<jerryvb at verizon.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 19 September 2004 08:52, David M. wrote:
> > Hey all, I got my neighbor to switch over to linux yesterday.
> >
> > Problem is, I talked so highly about Linux and what it can do and I
> > convinced him to put it on his computer and do away with that windows 2000
> > professional.
> >
> > Well after I got it all installed, it run great, but I couldn't get his
> > sound to work for the life of me.
> >
> > He has an onboard sound and Mandrake cannot reconize it. He bought the
> > computer from a buddy for 300 bucks and didn't get any software or
> > documentation with it.
> >
> > I looked up the model on the internet and tried to find out what sound
> > system he may have for his model, and I thought I found it, but it didn't
> > work when I tried it.
> >
> > I have no idea how I can solve this problem. I feel like a complete idiot
> > after talking so great about linux and then failing to get the sound
> > working.
> >
> > I could really use some help here. I feel so stupid after talking so highly
> > about linux.
> 
> If you have alsa installed in Mandrake, try running alsaconf and see if it
> detects your card.
> 
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