RE: What to do when the lists just can't help me

From: Rob Brenart (TT) (Rob.Brenart_at_tradingtechnologies.com)
Date: 04/29/05

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    Thanks to everyone who responded... unfortunately this is a dual boot
    box, and I haven't gotten enough things running in linux to let it run
    linux during business hours so I won't be able to get to them until
    tonight.

    And special thanks for the list of professionals who can help, I'm all
    for tinkering with settings and modules, but some of this stuff just
    isn't worth the hassle (specifically I'm referring to my problems with
    wine) and I just want it to work! (like the rest of Debian!)

    -----Original Message-----
    From: David Goodenough [mailto:david.goodenough@btconnect.com]
    Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 3:39 AM
    To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
    Subject: Re: What to do when the lists just can't help me

    On Thursday 28 April 2005 22:55, Rob Brenart (TT) wrote:
    > I have a thinkpad, I've gotten Debian almost perfectly going on it.
    >
    > I, however, am continually frustrated by the sound systems in Linux.
    > Right now my sound situation is that it works with my 2.6.10 kernel
    > (which has a clock bug in it, so that's not great) but doesn't work at
    > all with my 2.6.11 kernel
    >
    > I've tried this list, to no avail.
    >
    > Even in 2.6.10, I can't get sound to work with wine. The wine people
    had
    > all sorts of helpful advice, but nothing worked out.
    >
    > So... google, the applicable lists, and IRC just aren't working for
    me.
    >
    > Now what? I live in Chicago, so I'm hoping geography won't limit me...
    > but where do I go if I decide I'm willing to pay for someone to just
    do
    > it? Is there a network of computer professionals that can help with
    this
    > sort of thing, specifically in Debian?
    >
    > All my coworkers/friends are no help because, like me, their usage of
    > linux is mostly for servers or to get real work done, so the sound
    > system rarely means that much to anyone. And a minimal amount of
    > thinking about where to go for assistance makes me think of either for
    > pay services that will probably fidget a lot when they don't see a
    > windows login, and a bunch of linux consultants who mostly tune
    > databases and setup firewalls and the like.
    >
    > Curious, thanks.

    As this seems to be a kernel problem, have you tried talking to the
    author of the relevant driver to see if this a known problem or a new
    one, and if a known problem if it will be fixed in a future kernel?

    David

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