[plug] sound card

[Sacha Schlegel]

Hi David

> On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 11:23:25PM +0800, Sacha Schlegel wrote:
>     Hi David
>     
>     Please try to explain what you want to do more precisely.
>     
>     The Linux Documentation Project might be interesting for you:
>     
>     http://www.tldp.org/
>     
>     In particular
>     
>     http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/index.html
>     
>     the hardware-how-to file with a hardware compatibility list.
>     
>     Hi Sacha
>     
>     i what to put a sound card on this computer to play musice and to here sound on this computer pls. 
> 
>     can i do this on here? 

when you booted the computer with linux and you logged in do the following command:

dmesg

or have a look with

cat /var/log/messages

in either way you get some information about your system. Have a look at it, maybe you find something which gives you a hint if you have a sound card in your computer.

The maybe easier way to tell if you have a sound card is to look at your back of the computer and see if you see a card output with about 4 holes (line in, line out, microphone, headphones) and often a game port. If you are still not sure open the computer and have a look inside.

If you have a soundcard inside and you installed RedHat, i guess RedHat has detected your sound card properly (I hope) so you could try to play a sound file. The programm xmms is a nice program to play mp3 files. If you have RedHat I think there is a configuration program with which you can check all the hardware of your computer. Have a look if you find that configuration program and try to find out what is inside your computer.


In case you dont have a sound card in your computer yet and you want one. I suggest to go to a PLUG meeting and ask someone from the PLUG to help you. Each 4th monday (PLUGGER please correct me if wrong) there is a workshop where you can bring your computer and mostlikely someone will help you to 

a) decide which kind of sound card you should buy 
b) from where you get a cheap one, maybe one for free and 
c) how to install it, maybe the next meeting.


Good luck.

Sacha

> 
>     On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 11:13:38PM +0800, davidatt at wachineseonline.com wrote:
>     > hi all, can some one can help me to find a sound card to put on to this system 
>     > 
>     > can some one help me with what type of scaner will go on to the linux system pls.
> 
>     > 
>     > it will be gratefull for some one to help me in this way pls
>     > 
>     > from david
>     > 
>     > 
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>     Sacha                                   Schlegel
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>     1/67 Upton Str, 6102 St. James, Perth, Australia
>     sacha at schlegel.li                www.schlegel.li
>     public key:            www.schlegel.li/sacha.gpg
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>     can some one help me to find the right scaner for the linux system pls. 
>     david buddge say the one i have got thair is not much on the internet for
>     it to me he say.
> 
>     the one i have got is CanoScan N340P can this go on this system?
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1/67 Upton Str, 6102 St. James, Perth, Australia
sacha at schlegel.li                www.schlegel.li
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