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Moshe Goldfarb
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
> http://www.linux.com/feature/130941
>
>
> <quote>
> Granular distro preview is worth a look
> By Preston St. Pierre on April 04, 2008 (7:00:00 PM)
>
> Upon booting the Granular live CD ISO with the default settings my test PC,
> which uses an old ATI Rage 128 video card, the system froze at the loading
> screen.
>
> Upon logging in I was informed (as happened during the live boot) that the
> aRts sound server could not be started. When I tried HardDrake, the included
> application used for hardware configuration, it correctly detected my
> onboard AC'97 audio and claimed it was working properly -- but aRts still
> refused to start. I tried selecting OSS and ALSA instead, to no avail. I ran
> alsaconf, which claimed to have correctly detected and configured the card
> and made sure ALSA was the selected sound system, but still had no luck.
>
> I opened up Synaptic and ran a full upgrade, which worked properly but did
> not provide me with sound. Evenutally I installed a new downloaded copy of
> OSS, which finally solved the problem.
>
> </quote>
>
> (Yeah... but here in COLA it's always "What sound problems? It works for
> me!")
Looks like another dud Linux distribution.
Add it to the garbage collection.
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
> http://www.linux.com/feature/130941
>
>
> <quote>
> Granular distro preview is worth a look
> By Preston St. Pierre on April 04, 2008 (7:00:00 PM)
>
> Upon booting the Granular live CD ISO with the default settings my test PC,
> which uses an old ATI Rage 128 video card, the system froze at the loading
> screen.
>
> Upon logging in I was informed (as happened during the live boot) that the
> aRts sound server could not be started. When I tried HardDrake, the included
> application used for hardware configuration, it correctly detected my
> onboard AC'97 audio and claimed it was working properly -- but aRts still
> refused to start. I tried selecting OSS and ALSA instead, to no avail. I ran
> alsaconf, which claimed to have correctly detected and configured the card
> and made sure ALSA was the selected sound system, but still had no luck.
>
> I opened up Synaptic and ran a full upgrade, which worked properly but did
> not provide me with sound. Evenutally I installed a new downloaded copy of
> OSS, which finally solved the problem.
>
> </quote>
>
> (Yeah... but here in COLA it's always "What sound problems? It works for
> me!")
Looks like another dud Linux distribution.
Add it to the garbage collection.
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/