Austin Acton wrote: [re: sound configuration] > Arts is your problem. Try killing artsd. You can set that up > permanently in KDE control centre somewhere. Sorry, no can do. I've found the artscontrol panel, I can suspend the daemon but not permanently, and trying to launch aumix fails either way. The CD player appears to work, but I get no sound, possibly because the channel's muted, but I can't unmute the channel because the mixer won't launch. Sucks. [re: Internet configuration] > Yep. The connect tool in 8.2 was messed up. Is it such a big problem > that it lies to you? You can see the I/O meter is active which tells > you you are connected. Right-o, no problem for me, but I'm setting up these machines for other people who are not particularly Linux-savvy. When they see something like "Internet connection failed" they're very likely to think that's exactly what the message means. [re: GCC 2.96 error] > You're likely missing some packages. Did you install the development suite? The whole enchilada, yep. As a test I downloaded and tried to build libsndfile. The config.log indicates that cpp0 is not found. So I found it in /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.0.4. Alas, after adding that location to my path the build fails with complaints about not finding various headers. Building another package (FLTK) fails because configure can't find the X libs, despite the libraries being in /usr/X11R6/lib and that location is in ld.so.conf. > Why are you using 8.2? 9.0 is current, and 9.1 will be out in a month. > 9.0 stock has a few problems, so be sure to install the errata packages > as well from the Mandrake update website. Because that's what came with the machines. If Mandrake has some kind of on-line upgrade, please advise. I have the net connection (ADSL) working, so if it's easily done I'll upgrade over the wires. Daniel James wrote: > Get a copy of 9.0, or even 9.1rc1 which just came out. 8.2 is pretty old by > Mandrake standards. You'll be pleased to know that 9.x is gcc 3 based... No money for 9.0 so unless I can upgrade over the net this install is headed for the can... Thanks for the assistance, guys. Sorry I'm so testy, this is just not a pleasant experience. The installation itself is indeed painless but the configuration is a nightmare. Best regards, == Dave Phillips The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org
