Wow, everyone on this list is so helpful and friendly. Thank you. I appreciate the comments. Sometimes you get flamed for asking seemingly pedestrian questions! <br>I'll try downloading knoppix and maybe even upgrading to the new Fedora Core. I have broadband, so I'm able to do it. But thank you for the offer. <br>
More as it unfolds! <br><br>Nick<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:00 PM, <<a href="mailto:bradyh@bitstream.net">bradyh@bitstream.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Core 5? That's pretty old. How many floppy disks does that require? ;-)<br>
<br>
If you don't think you can run the newest versions or don't want to<br>
upgrade then try the lsmod test. If you're not sure if your laptop can<br>
handle it Knoppix would make a good test. Otherwise definitely upgrade to<br>
Core 9.<br>
<br>
If you aren't able to download and burn the disks there are people here<br>
who could do it for you. I'll do it if Qwest comes through with my new<br>
3-7Mbps connection.<br>
<br>
-Brady<br>
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> Knoppix lets you boot into a usable Linux environment from a CD or DVD,<br>
> meaning you don't have to install it on your hard drive on overwrite<br>
> whatever is on there. If you're going to download a big ISO, I'd suggest<br>
> downloading and installing Fedora Core 9 instead as it'll most likely<br>
> support your hardware out of the box.<br>
><br>
> You can run lsmod from any shell and attach the results to the e-mail if<br>
> you'd like.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Nick Scholtes wrote:<br>
>> Hi Erik,<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks for the advice. I'm a bit of a novice with Linux. Could you<br>
>> walk me through that? What's knoppix?<br>
>> I can run lsmod from any shell, right?<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>> Nick<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Erik Anderson <<a href="mailto:erikerik@gmail.com">erikerik@gmail.com</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:erikerik@gmail.com">erikerik@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Nick Scholtes <<a href="mailto:airchia@gmail.com">airchia@gmail.com</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:airchia@gmail.com">airchia@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>> > I have a Dell Latitude laptop (can't remember model number off<br>
>> hand), it's<br>
>> > about three years old. I have Fedora Core 5 and I can't get the<br>
>> sound to<br>
>> > work. I have a functioning sound card. Ideas? (Sorry I don't<br>
>> have more info,<br>
>> > but I'm at work; laptop's at home)<br>
>><br>
>> Nick - I'd guess FC5 either isn't loading any drivers for the card<br>
>> or<br>
>> is loading the incorrect drivers. Usually what I do in this case is<br>
>> boot up a knoppix CD. That will load up the correct drivers in 99%<br>
>> of<br>
>> the cases in my experience. Then when you verify that sound is<br>
>> working<br>
>> in knoppix, you can check what drivers it loaded (run lsmod from the<br>
>> CLI) and make sure FC5 is loading the same ones.<br>
>><br>
>> -Erik<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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