Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:15:03 -0600 (CST) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com> To: spider 90 <spider90@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: sound cards Message-ID: <XFMail.000328151503.conrads@home.com> In-Reply-To: <20000328205216.68714.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On 28-Mar-00 spider 90 wrote: > Hi folks:) Well I am starting to get a few things figured out. I am > getting the mount filesystem thing down. However I have two main > concerns at this moment. First is sound cards. I have a creative live > value pack pci sound card. The system doenst recognize it from the > Generic kernel, which I understand. However I can't seem to find the > specific command I need to either mount the sound card as a device > and/or what is the specific command I should input into my own kernel. > The complete freebsd mentions isa sound cards but not pci. Yes, the older "snd" (Voxware) driver doesn't support pci cards. See the entries pertaining to the pcm driver in /sys/i386/conf/LINT to get your card working. > Second is window managers. I was using kde as my desktop but it > doest seem that stable, locks up easy, doesnt handle adding new > packages well. I know this is likley a matter of choice, but can you > folks recommend a stable windows manager that would be good for a newbie > to latch onto? WindowMaker. Easy to configure (GUI tools included), not too bloated, fast, stable, clean, and very nice to work with. > Last I have been told from people that I choose to difficult of a > unix system to learn on and that I should switch over to linux Redhat. > I dont want to, but would that be better as a Newbie. Ignore the naysayers; this is pure rubbish. *Any* version of Unix is going to present some difficulties to a first-time newbie. The real question is: which version of Unix is worth the effort? I've tried RedHat a few times. Never understood what people saw in it. You've made the right choice, I assure you. :-) > Thanks again, and I am determined not to give up:) That's the spirit! Trust me, your efforts will be well rewarded. :-) -- Conrad Sabatier http://members.home.net/conrads/ ICQ# 1147270 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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