do you have alsa installed? if not you can get it from www.alsa-project.org. There probably are rpms for it but I don't know where you would get them. On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 02:39:49PM -0500, Kenneth Lee wrote: > Hello all, I'm trying to configure my soundcard and I'm not having much > luck. > > The system is a Dell GX1 running Fedora FC2 and the audio adaptor is a > built-in Crystal brand. > > I googled the speakup archives and read all the msgs related to soundcards. > Everything I read suggested using sndconfig, so I had to find it on the web > and install it. I used rpm to install and got a warning (which I already > forgot), but the program is there and runs. When I run sndconfig it reports > that I have no sound mmodules installed in the kernal. Well I don't know > anything about that or how to find out what modules are installed nor how to > install others. > > Later I found a utility called "system.config-soundcard" but when I ran it > it said I need to run in an X window or set my DISPLAY variable. > > So I set my DISPLAY variable to "export DISPLAY=localhost:0" and now > system-config-soundcard just says I need to be running an X server. > > I feel like I'm in an infinite loop! <g> > > Thanks for any help > > Ken -N5SWR > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.3 - Release Date: 11/26/2004 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- I forgot to mention an important fact in the 1.3.67 announcement. In order to get a fully working kernel, you have to follow the steps below: - Walk around your computer widdershins 3 times, chanting "Linus is overworked, and he makes lousy patches, but we love him anyway". Get your spuouse to do this too for extra effect. Children are optional. - Apply the patch included in this mail - Call your system "Super-67", and don't forget to unapply the patch before you later applying the official 1.3.68 patch. - reboot -- Linus Torvalds, announcing another kernel patch
