A few questions about printing, sound in Mandrake 9.2

From: Daveman750 (dsimcha_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/26/03

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    Date: 25 Oct 2003 19:07:34 -0700

    Hi,
    I have successfully switched to Mandrake 9.2 from Red Hat 9 in order
    to get GUIs that actually let you change things. I am fairly new to
    Linux and not much of a software hacker (hate command lines, not
    because they're too technical but because they're too inconvenient),
    but do consider myself a hardware hacker, as I overclock, etc. I
    have a few issues with Mandrake. First, I cannot print at all. This
    was also the case with Red Hat. I have a Lexmark Z705 printer, which
    there is no driver for. If I could get my printer working just for
    black text, I would be happy, but when I use the raw printer driver,
    it sends the test page to the printer, displays no error message, and
    absolutely nothing happens. I have the printer on /dev/usb/lp0, which
    does exist.

    Also, when I start Linux, as soon as KDE starts, I hear some weird
    music that never stops and ties up my sound card. I am running a VIA
    82xx card with ALSA drivers. Has anyone else had a similar problem?

    Other than that, Mandrake is great and although Red Hat is certainly a
    good distro for a different type of user, I would strongly recommend
    Mandrake for any newbie.

    Thanks

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