ke4nt1
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Posted: Aug. 27 2004,08:27 |
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There is a good bit of info in the "getting started" screen that
comes up when you first open the desktop..
For now, that is a "faq" of sorts, which helps explain new features.
The challenge is that, while your particular computer has issues we will call
A, B, and C, another person with a different computer has issues
X,Y, and Z , and also issues A,B, and C, with different hardware.
Your solutions won't fix his problems, and his solutions don't help you at all.
Multiply this by how many different hardware configurations there are,
Multiply again by how often DSL releases new builds, with new packages,
and new methods of accomplishing tasks, and you can see
how a "faq" would be useful to only a few, and will quickly be
"out-of-date" ..
Short of a WinDVD distributed package,
which is the only "licensed" DVD player for linux
that I know of, there are not any "DVD players" that can be offered
for distribution by a linux distro...
The WinDVD package alone is larger than all of this 50 meg DSL distro.
Obviously, it will NEVER be included with DSL..
I am not aware of ANY distro offering DVD support in their package.
The libs for DVD playback can be found thruout the web, and can be
added to either MPlayer, Xine, or any number of other players, which will
allow them to decode DeCSS from comercial DVD's
XPaint will easily make screenshots.. So will gimp..
Search the forums for these packages to learn how to use them..
Once you've installed the dsl-dpkg.dsl file, you will have the
"apt-get" utilities.. All of the debian repository, except for the
XF86 files and a few others, can easily be installed to your computer..
As far as your modem and sound card, this will be specific to your
computer.. What kind of Modem and Sound card do you have.?
Is there any info in the forums on those 2 hardware names ?
And obviously, if your booting and running from the CD,
you can't take it out.. If your have 128+ ram, you can use the
toram option when you boot, which will load all of the CD image
to your ramspace.. Then the CD can be removed and the CD Drive used
for playback of Audio CD's , etc...
The 0.8 is now available...
More hardware support is offered with this new kernel..
Perhaps it will help you with your particular computer configuration.
Hope this helps,
73
ke4nt
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It's something about the chipset. If you have a faster computer, you may want to try downloading and burning Knoppix, which is another liveCD, which is what DSL is based off. See if that can give you any help. When you boot Knoppix, type "knoppix alsa" on the boot screen. I have been told that may help support the sound drivers, but it didnt help me.