Re: An extremely naive newbie here...
From: David Chandler (solitude439_at_rcn.com)
Date: 10/28/04
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:08:23 -0400
David Wright wrote:
> David Chandler wrote:
>
>
>>I am an infant to the world of Linux. I just recently downloaded Suse
>>Linux 9.1 in ISO format and installed it on my PC. Now maybe I should
>>start my questions with giving the specs of my machine... I have a
>>Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz with 800 FSB, 1 Gig ram, 256 meg nvidia geforce FX
>>5200 graphics card, Combo DVD/CD-R drive, Creative SB Audigy LS
>>soundcard w/EAX and Dolby 5.1 surround, 160 gig Seagate Barracuda hard
>>drive, 20 gig Maxtor hard drive, ASUS P4P800 motherboard, several USB
>>ports incl a USB 4 port car and 2 front USB ports. The monitor I'm
>>using is a Mag Monitor and I have different peripherals attached
>>including a PC cam and a synth MIDI'd into the soundcard. Now, Linux
>>can't detect the soundcard...
>
>
> It should be recognised, at least, most SoundBlaser cards will be configured
> during installation. I have an original Audigy on my test machine and an
> Audigy 2 ZS on my 64-bit workstation. Both cards were recognised by SuSE
> 9.1 during installation and were configured and working out of the box.
>
> The LS I am not familiar with, what special features over the standard
> Audigy does it have? Is it an OEM version? I believe some OEM cards won't
> work with the standard drivers (I have heard that Dell's for example can
> cause problems).
>
>
>>I tried updating the patches, no dice....
>>I found out there's no real support for the soundcard I'm using (refer
>>to above) but there's a patch that I can download that might work
>>called the EMU10k1 (sound right?) patch!
>
>
> Yep, that sounds right. The EMU10k1 driver is included with SuSE, so you
> shouldn't need to download it separately. If you use YaST to select sound
> hardware, it should recognise it automatically and provide it in the list
> of available devices.
>
> The only thing I can think of, is maybe if the synth was plugged in and
> switched on when installing, it may have confused SuSE. Try switching the
> Synth off or unplugging it before running YaST and asking it to detect your
> sound card.
>
>
>>I downloaded the file which
>>is a *.tar file (?) and all it did was unzip a batch of what looked to
>>me like text files (Like I said, I'm naive... am I supposed to do
>>something with these files?)
>
>
> Use the tar command to extract the files into a chosen directory, then
> follow the instructions from the website where you downloaded the file from
> - each manufacturer/developer will usually have their own way with dealing
> with the installation, so follow their specific instructions.
>
>
>>Also, after I initially installed Suse,
>>the network browser brought up two icons... one for Windows network and
>>the other for All SLP services... at first, I was able to see the
>>folders that were connected through the Windows Network, but then
>>(being the naive Linux user that I am) I tinkered around with a few
>>settings through the Control Center then through Yast, and it now gives
>>me a message that says "Unable to find any workgroups in your local
>>network"! I can browse the internet however. Okay, shame on me for
>>tinkering around... LOL... Now, being the naive Linux user that I am, I
>>have no clue as to how to go about typing in commands or messing with
>>source code or anything like that. Can someone possibly point me in
>>the right direction to getting this operating system up and running and
>>help me get these problems ironed out? Thanks! D.C.
>
>
> Sounds like you have changed the default workgroup name. When you open the
> window (or Konqueror, it uses Konqueror with a preset browse string), try
> typing in smb://myserver/share in the url box. Does that allow you to see
> the specified share (try it by name and if that doesn't work, by IP
> address)? If so, you haven't broken anything, you just managed to change
> the default workgroup that smbclient browses. Depending on whether that
> works or not, the next steps and things to look for will vary, post back
> with your progress.
Well, I still haven't been able to install the soundcard properly! It
should recognize it, huh? I know that I tried running Yast this morning
and it was giving me an error message but then it was telling me to run
OSS/sound (?) after I click the Options (?) tab? But to no avail! Let
me ask, would it be worthwhile to actually reinstall SUSE again? If I
do that will it overwrite the previous installation leaving the files
intact or will it erase everything and I'll have to partition the hard
drive as well?
As for accessing other computers and files on my network, I was able to
do what you said and access Windows shares, but now I'm having a problem
access my Mac. This was the only computer on the network before I was
having no problems accessing! Hmmmmmmm?? Perplexing! It's asking me
for a User name and password and my guess is that I am to type in the un
and pass that I use for the iBook in order to access root system
functions but when I type it in it gives me an authentication failure.
By the way, the CD burning program on SUSE is phenomenal! It does
everything but clean your kitchen sink! LOL Anyway, where to go from
here?
Thanks for your help.
D.C.
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