my soundcard is built into the mother board. it is a crystal sound card which I don't know much about I'll admit but if someone would provide me with instructions, I could probably follow them. Thanks! Jacob Schmude wrote: > > You have the sound drivers, they're not loaded, though. The > included sound drivers are the OSS/Free drivers, and fairly > primative. They'll work fine for basic sound playing, though. What sound > card do you have? If you've got an SB live, you'll need to install the > ALSA sound drivers. Even if your card is supported by the included > drivers, the ALSA ones are better anyway. > If your sound card is plug and play, there's another problem. If > you're not technically inclined, it'll be rather hard to set up plug and > play. This would be another reason to get ALSA sound drivers, as they have > plug and play built in. Most ISA sound cards are plug and play. If the > card is PCI and is plug and play, I don't know how it works for setting > that up. Plug and play just means auto-setting up of IRQs and such > parameters, so you don't have to change dip switches or jumper blocks on > the card. > > On Thu, 25 May 2000, David Poehlman wrote: > > > I'm using zipspeak. > > > > Kirk Reiser wrote: > > > > > > Hmmm, then it depends which distribution you are using whether the > > > sound drivers are included by default. I suspect they may not be. > > > > > > Kirk > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > > > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > > > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > > ftp://poehlman.clark.net > > http://poehlman.clark.net > > mailto:poehlman at clark.net > > voice 301-949-7599 > > end sig. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > Jacob Schmude > mailto:jacobs at ncinter.net > ICQ: 53401220 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Hands-On Technolog(eye)s ftp://poehlman.clark.net http://poehlman.clark.net mailto:poehlman at clark.net voice 301-949-7599 end sig.
