From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns.pcdesk.net ([65.100.173.137] helo=gwen.pcdesk.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A08vX-0003py-00 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 20:15:11 -0400 Received: (qmail 9952 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2003 00:14:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pcdesk.net) (192.168.0.2) by gwen.pcdesk.net with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 19 Sep 2003 00:14:31 -0000 X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (pcdesk.net) Received: from [65.100.173.138] (authenticated as jbahm) by pcdesk.net (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP (encrypted with RC4-MD5); 19 Sep 2003 0:14:31 -0000 Message-ID: <009301c37e43$07e06180$6500a8c0@merlin> From: "Joseph C. Lininger" To: References: <000d01c37c99$ab393740$0100007f@carolina.rr.com><20030917214244.GA7290@romuald.net.eu.org><000901c37c9e$4e67ac40$0100007f@carolina.rr.com><003e01c37d7b$61fbb0c0$6500a8c0@merlin> <16233.7538.218047.27527@akp@eznet.net> Subject: Re: I'm sorry, but I'm desperet Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:05:17 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: He called me and we've got the sound card working now. -- Joseph C. Lininger jbahm@pcdesk.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" To: 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >