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From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm@pcdesk.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: I'm sorry, but I'm desperet
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:05:17 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <009301c37e43$07e06180$6500a8c0@merlin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16233.7538.218047.27527@akp@eznet.net>

He called me and we've got the sound card working now.
--
Joseph C. Lininger
jbahm@pcdesk.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@eznet.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: I'm sorry, but I'm desperet


> Hi all,
>
> The question about whether someone had read the manual can, in some
> cases, become a match that sets off an explosion.  If Chris has been
> reading the manual, and something isn't clear that is preventing the
> Alsa drivers from compiling properly, then he needs help to interpret
> what he has read.  Sometimes reading the manual compounds the
> problem.
>
> I think that Chris would be better served if his questions were
> answered rather than inquiring as to his competency in reading man
> pages.
>
> "Have you read the manual?", is a easy, quick and dirty solution to
> someone's problem.  I know that it is important to understand
> documentation, but sometimes one needs to talk to a human, not a
> manual.  Sounds like Chris has been struggling with alsa for a long
> time.  I can't help, don't know enough.  However, I do know that
> configuring Alsa can be complicated and frustrating.  Let's not get a
> bad rep like the Emacspeak list, guys.  Somebody, please give this guy
> a hand.
>
> Ann P.
>
> -- 
> Ann K. Parsons
> email:  akp@eznet.net
> WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> "All that is gold does not glitter.  Not all those who wander are lost."
JRRT
>
>
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  parent reply	other threads:[~ UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Chris
 ` Gregory Nowak
   ` Chris
     ` Glenn Ervin at home
       ` Charles Crawford
         ` Danny Crone
     ` Joseph C. Lininger
       ` Ann Parsons
         ` Chris
           ` Léonie Watson
           ` Ann Parsons
           ` Janina Sajka
             ` Ann Parsons
         ` Gregory Nowak
           ` Glenn Ervin at home
             ` Chris
             ` Janina Sajka
           ` Ann Parsons
           ` Janina Sajka
         ` Joseph C. Lininger [this message]
           ` Chris Gilland
             ` Adam Myrow
 Janina Sajka

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