>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.) I've not had any problems with redhat or debian setting up the pci stuff properly. It's up to you I suppose.
