Rick Taylor wrote: >jordan muscott <morsecode@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>Thanks for that.... but I've just discovered that ecasound records >>without any of the problems I was experiencing with arecord, so I'll >>save your advice for when/if I get any other related problems :) >> >>Oh btw, I did use Mandrake, and briefly Redhat for about 18 months >>before I switched to Slackware, and to be honest I prefer Slackware... I >>haven't had that much trouble setting things up how I want, ok >> >> > > Aside from your peripherals. > > Would this really be any easier with another distro? Bearing in mind that all I've tried so far with Slackware is swapping the slots which my sound card and ethernet card are plugged into, and now things seem to work with ecasound anyway ( i did another thread in the archives that said that arecord is only intended as a demo app and shouldn't be relied on for serious work, which would explain why it gave me problems.) Jordan.
