Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1062 mails)

[mezger@xxxxxxx (Rihmez)]

Geez, I've never been able to get sound to work (but I've got a crappy
opti931) Perhaps i should give up linux all together? (yeah right:)
harry
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 04, Michael Lankton wrote:
> 
> > If I manually inserted the module I got sound from cd and mp3s.  Midi
> > was completely broken, period.  I installed OSS just to see if that
> > would work, and I got _the_exact_same_results_, cd and mp3 played fine,
> > no midi at all.  Apparently there is some sort of problem with /dev/dsp
> > that neither S.u.S.E. 5.1 or 5.2 suffered from.
> 
> I can't imagine any change in the distribution that could cause this sort
> of problem. Probably this is a kernel problem that should be fixed.
> 
> > This has totally sucked for me, S.u.S.E. linux was a very important part
> > of my life, and today's problems have made me _physically_ill_, I am so
> > stressed over it.  BUT I WILL NOT USE A BROKEN DIST.  Nothing would make
> 
> Judging from the postings it seems to me that this sound problem is the
> one and only real problem you encountered. If you consider a distribution
> broken because of one minor issue, there will always be broken dists for
> you. Ok, you didn't have this specific problem with 5.2 but there have
> surely been more bugs in 5.2 than in 5.3. Most people could consider any
> and all Linux distributions broken.
> 
> I really would have appreciated you help us fix this particular problem.
> 
> > Please reply to me directly as I am no longer on the mailing list.
> 
> Sad. Live long and prosper ;-)
> And thank you for all the help you gave to us and others in the last
> months.
>                                                                   -o)
>     Hubert Mantel                                                 /\\
>                                                                  _\_v
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