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> >
> > red> Hi I have an "network" laptop with an ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro
> > red> sound card. I use the 2.4.17 kernel. I install the new kernel and
> > red> i must did something wrong because modconf shows me only "pcmcia
> > red> cards" ;) Now I try to install the soundcard driver with alsaconf
> > red> but there is no card with *ES1978 ;(
> >
> > Not clear what you mean here. You mean you can't find the right driver
> > in the list that alsaconf gives you? Look at 0x33 (ESS_Maestro-1/2/2E
> > (ES1968/1978) chips). The sorting that alsaconf does is horrible.
> >
> > Or do you mean that alsaconf won't find the right module? Make sure
> > that you have alsa-modules for the right kernel version installed.
>
> Once the correct modules get loaded, a lot of higher level things, including
> middleware like alsa, get much happier.
>
> among other things, /dev/dsp should probably work
>
> > red> sorry for my bad english ;)
> >
> > Your English is mostly fine. A few notes, though: "I have *a* "network"
> > laptop..." (only use "an" when the next word begins with a vowel.
> > Otherwise use "a".) And in English, the names of languages (at least
> > human languages, though it's mostly true of computer languages too) are
> > always capitalized, so it's "English" and not "english". The word "I"
> > is also always capitalized.
> >
> > You have some other mistakes, but these are the easiest ones to
> > remember and to explain. (e.g. "i must did" -> "I must have done" -- I
> > have no idea what kind of rule that would be.)
>
> do and be are both passive, they get a boost from the helping verb, have,
> when you put them in past tense.
>
> I recommend the slim book by Strunk and White (I think that's William Strunk)
> for learning the finer points of English grammar, but it's been my experience,
> between native speakers who don't care about the details and non-native ones
> who do care, that the ones who care are at least understandable. Most grade
> school grammar teachers would whap me for that long sentence even though it's
> otherwise correct. So... don't worry too much, just make sure to make the
> point clear, and everything will work out fine.
>
>
> * Heather Stern * star@ many places...
>
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