Linux help

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:42 pm

does anyone know how to figure out what sound card you have in a laptop, i wanna listen to my mp3s on the way to boston.

Post by **marshallh** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:43 pm

Can't you just use some Sound Blaster 16-compatible drivers? Almost all sound cards support that standard.

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:48 pm

idk, just never works for me, its really weird

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:20 pm

Hey where can you download the live cd of DSL?
Because on the official website I can't figure out how to download from the places... (I know i'm dumb

)

Post by **bicostp** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:23 pm

http://dsl.thegeekery.com/current/dsl-2.1.iso

^here's the latest stable release.

http://dsl.thegeekery.com/archive/dsl-1.5.iso

^Here's the version 1.5 release. Only use it if you have problems with using the new version. (the new version has more features)

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:43 pm

When I load it up it go's for a while and then goes [!!] partition disk
?? ??
What is that all about!?

Post by **marshallh** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:46 pm

Probably because it doesn't recognize what file system (FAT32, NTFS, ext2 etc) your hard drive is formatted as.

Cyberblade · Post by **Cyberblade** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:56 am

Cyberblade wrote:Ah alright. Well, I found another way around it so I guess that worked out. XD Anyways, now that I have the necessary software you listed to install GAIM, it says I need some GTKspell thing. I found this and tried to install it and it says I need a PSPspell thing. >_> What else do I need?

I think my previous post has become lost under here. So meh, I'll quote it.

Cyberblade · Post by **Cyberblade** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:03 pm

Sorry for the double post, but I've gotta rant this. I've installed everything that was listed earlier in the topic as "Required" for GAIM, and it still won't install. I go after what it asks for, for installation, and it keeps asking me to download more stuff to make that work so that the last thing would work just so the first thing I wanted to work would work. Argh! Why can't there just be one package, with everything I need in it, already there? Or does this go on forever, and I never get this to work? Come on! Seriously, someone guide me where to go just to get GAIM to work? First it was GTKspell, then it was aspell, then it was ispell, then it was libstdc++ then it was... GAR! This goes on forever. I need a comprehensive list of all programs necessary for the programs, for GAIM, and where the hell to get them. Because I am tired of looking all over, for every little component, that any sane person would've included with the original program as an option. >_>

Sorry if I've gone overboard with my rant, but some of this is just driving me crazy. >_<