Re: [LUG] Help the aged

[Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Saturday 28 Dec 2002 8:59 am, jon davey wrote:
> > 1) When system opens up it does so with number lock active.  How can I
> > alter

KDE Keyboard Control Module. (You can get to this from the menu, from the KDE 
Control Centre, or from kcontrol from the command line and then choose 
Peripherals and Keyboard. On the Advanced tab, you can set the behaviour of 
numlock in all KDE sessions. Easier than fiddling in the BIOS.

> > 2) Although installation process identified sound card correctly as
> > ES1868
> >     I get following error messages when trying to run CD Player.
> > device/dev/dsp can't be opened (no such file in directory) Sound Server
> > will

That may just be a permissions problem. Open a console / terminal and su to 
root. 
$ su
password:
# chmod a+x /dev/dsp
# exit
$

When you next login, the sound server should start up properly and you won't 
get the message. Then try the CD again.
Also, in the KDE Control Module, try going to Look and Feel and System 
Notifications. That may be a quicker way of testing the soundcard. Click on 
one of the + in front of the selections (KDE e.g.) and then on the KDE is 
starting up + and on Play Sound. In the box below, there's a play button that 
you can use to preview the sound and in your case test your sound card 
configuration.


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Neil Williams
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