[Gloucs] 'home' users of Linux: sources of help

[Quentin Wright]

Hi Steve,

I don't know whether you had come across this FC3 link, which I used
when I was last playing with FC3:

http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc3.html

I used alsamixer, and got recording working OK.

Q.


On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 21:38 +0100, Steve Greig wrote:
> Hi, thanks for your replies. I have got a Toshiba Satellite 1110 lap top
> and am running Fedora Core 3. I am not sure if Fedora would be
> considered as multi media oriented or not.
> 
> Thanks Christian for suggesting I might drop round with the lap top and
> you have a look at it. I would really like to take you up on that at
> some point especially if I am headed that way (I live the other side of
> Swindon from Glos so it is a bit of a trek). Will get in touch over
> that.
> 
> So much of the system is going well that I am quite reluctant to change
> the distro. This is also partly because I did try Ubuntu at one stage
> and (I am sure it was me not Ubuntu) but I found it really
> disappointing: I couldn't seem to download and install applications and
> had loads of other problems. So I am keen to stay with Fedora at the
> moment and try and work on the problems which I have got with it.
> 
> With regard to the sound card I imagine that because I can play CDs and
> listen to radio on line that there is no problem with that and it is
> just the microphone input or something. The microphone did work with
> Skype on the same computer.
> 
> Fortunately none of the glitches I have got is stopping me do anything
> vital but I feel I need to get to a source(s) of information to help me
> with general maintainance and improvements to my computer.
> 
> I will check out the links you sent.
> 
> Best wishes from Steve
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 20:38 +0100, Quentin Wright wrote:
> > Hi Steve,
> > 
> > Maybe you could be more specific about the model of laptop and
> > distribution that you are using.
> > 
> > With the exception of winmodems, most laptops "just work" with most
> > current linux distributions. In particular Ubuntu/Kubuntu seems to work
> > quite well.
> > 
> > A good place to look for the experiences of others with specific models
> > is:
> > http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/
> > 
> > However you must bear in mind that things have changed quite a bit where
> > sound, USB and currently PCCard support is concerned, so older write-ups
> > may be misleading.
> > 
> > Where Alsa is concerned you might look at:
> > http://alsa.opensrc.org/faq/
> > 
> > Cheers, Q.
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 16:49 +0100, Steve Greig wrote:
> > > Hi, I enjoyed the LUG on Friday. Thanks for putting it on. Unfortunately
> > > I live too far away to come to them regularly.
> > > 
> > > I have just been doing google searches to find help with sorting out
> > > problems with my Linux lap top and have not managed to find a site which
> > > seems to be pitched at the right level.
> > > 
> > > This particular problem is that I can't record sound: I open up 'sound
> > > recorder' plug in the microphone and start recording but when I play
> > > back I don't hear anything.  I have tried raising and unmuting all the
> > > volume controls (hoping that this won't be wrecking any other
> > > applications that may use them for example Skype).
> > > 
> > > Over the year or so that I have been running Linux I have struggled to
> > > solve problems like this and still have not found a really good source
> > > of tutorials aimed at the sort of level I am at.
> > > 
> > > As well as solving the specific problem I would be really interested if
> > > you had any suggestions for good sites for explaining Linux issues to
> > > people who have a very limited ability to use the command line like me
> > > and are a bit out of their depth but want to continue to use Linux.
> > > 
> > > There are many things I don't do like connect directly to other people's
> > > computers; use video; record sound; print from the gimp; OCR scan etc
> > > etc simply because initial attempts to sort them out have failed (many
> > > things have worked!)
> > > 
> > > I am really reluctant to go back to Windows or Mac but I really need to
> > > be pointed to some good information for my level of use if I am going to
> > > be able stick with Linux.
> > > 
> > > Sorry for the length of this. Any ideas would be very much appreciated.
> > > 
> > > Best wishes from Steve 
> > > 
> > > 
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