On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 10:39:33PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Brad Sawatzky wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > > >> If I was a total newbie, how would I know how to play sound? > > > > Make sure the relevant sound controls are unmuted and turned up using your > > favorite sound mixer. For example: > <snip> > > I don't believe Douglas was asking how to play sound (although your > explanation, Brad, was very good); I believe he was asking how he's > supposed to know how since the docs don't address the issue. > > Good question, Doug. I haven't looked at those docs in ages, but if they > need a section on sound, I bet the folks responsible for those docs > would be happy for someone to contribute such a section. (Many folks > would suggest that you write that section, but you may not be > knowledgeable enough to do so; but perhaps your question will highlight > the need to someone who is capable of writing that section.) > > I also suspect that most newbs run KDE or Gnome; I'm unsure about Gnome, > but KDE plays a startup sound by default, giving clear indication if the > sound system is functional (although it does not necessarily indicate > failures), but that doesn't really seem like it adequately addresses > your question. > > I guess the real answer to your question is that a total newbie would > not know how to play sound, unless he just happened to come across the > right sequence or the right entry in the mailing list archives or knew > enough to ask someone (this list?), etc. But I suspect you're not asking > that question so much as you're hinting that a sound section needs to be > added to the newbie documentation. When someone gets the itch who can > address this issue, I'm sure it'll be addressed. Until then (and even > afterward), no OS is perfect in all respects. *shrug* > > Thanks Kent,
Yesterday I downloaded xorg. Today I downloaded some apps (I'm on very slow dialup at 1.5-2.5 KB/s) and alsa. Tomorrow I'll get something that will make a sound. I ran alsaconf which is supposed to get things set up and raise default (0) mixer levels. I then played speaker-test and got nothing out of the headphone jack on the front of the computer. I don't have speakers. Once I get everything I need downloaded then I'll poke around a bit. Right now I'd just like to listen to a CD. Later, I'd like to listen to radio shows I missed on cbc.ca. Before I poked around the usual way I wanted to make sure there was no new snazzy sound auto setup. It seems there isn't. I'm not sure why nothing depends on alsa packages. It seems strange (from a newbie perspective) that one could install a CD player and not get the package that's necessary to actually hear the CD. Maybe its one of those things that will get fixed before Etch is released? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
