[CS-FSLUG] Switching to linux

[K Luckenbaugh]

I have recently installed  SUSE 9.1, Mandrake 10.0, and Slackware 10 on 
3 different computers with onboard sound and video. Two were on  later 
motherboards, one was an earlier  model. SUSE 9.1 seems to have the most 
widespread hardware support, though I have not tried Knoppix.   Make 
sure alsa is installed (and all the libraries),  make sure  speakers are 
plugged into the correct port (I've blown that before!).  If all else 
fails, tell me the model of the Motherboard, and I'll hunt it down for you.
 
  Kelly




Don Parris wrote:

>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?
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>On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:38:35 -0700, Jerry Van Brimmer
><jerryvb at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>On Sunday 19 September 2004 08:52, David M. wrote:
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>>>Hey all, I got my neighbor to switch over to linux yesterday.
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>>>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.
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>>>Well after I got it all installed, it run great, but I couldn't get his
>>>sound to work for the life of me.
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>>>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.
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>>>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.
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>>If you have alsa installed in Mandrake, try running alsaconf and see if it
>>detects your card.
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