On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 04:48:02PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: > I see this in the default install - I'm wondering why this needs to be > there. > > >From looking over it: > > 1) it writes ordering lines to modprobe.conf that will cause problems in > the event of hotplug > 2) it offers to reload the audio drivers, which will *never* work in a > standard desktop install with a mixer running (and then tells users > to reboot afterwards!) > 3) it has 'Apply' buttons, yet also 'Restore Configuration Files' and > 'Reset configuration files', which are instant-action > 4) its 'Reset configuration files' actually resets them to a state different > from that of a default install > 5) it runs *AS ROOT*, complete with GUI, when such permissions aren't > needed to play sounds > 6) there is already a 'Sound Preferences' in the desktop, which allows > users to select their default playback & capture devices, and test sounds > > So, why do we need this in the default install? Once upon a time it was useful for configuring ISA sound cards. Nowadays I don't think it even does that. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
