about the latest ubuntu

[Glenn Ervin]

Brent Harding wrote:
: Oh, I was hoping I could bypass the need for sighted help. That is
: because if it doesn't just jump out with an error, things will get
: hard to figure out. I don't know how to disable the wave device on
: the modem, and the USB is all 1.1 or 1.0, so I doubt my USB headset
: will do much as it's a 2.0 device. If there is a chip for sound on
: the motherboard with no connectors hooked to it, I hope the Bios
: disabled it beyond Linux's reach as 98 never detected it, even after
: a reformat. It only found the wave device on the modem and the SB
: Live. If I bought a speaker phone, I wonder if the modem would power
: it and put speech through it? I have no phone line hooked to the
: computer because I have no dialup accounts to use it with anyways.
:
:
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: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline at hotmail.com>
: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 11:51 PM
: Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu
:
:
:: Howdy,
:: Fortunately or unfortunately, this is the time to call for sighted
:: assistance, I believe.  It's a shame thhat not all machines work as
:: they should--most are supposed to, and in the main most do.
:: Apart from that, I'm not sure what other suggestions I might have
:: for you. It's a little hard to figure out what's happening.
:: Sorry to be unhelpful,
:: Zack.
::
:: ----- Original Message -----
:: From: "Brent Harding" <bharding at doorpi.net>
:: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
:: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
:: Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:36 PM
:: Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu
::
::
::: What I haven't thought of is the modem. I have no onboard sound
::: connectors,
::: but I got a voice capable modem that has nothing, not even a phone
::: line, hooked up to it. When I got my new machine and gave up 98, it
::: could be working fine and I'd come home after school to have to
::: power-cycle it because it just always suddenly quit responding to
::: anything whenever it felt
::: like it. I hope it isn't just freezing while trying to boot the CD
::: as I know
::: it's not the disk's problem because it works on this machine with
::: the Turtle
::: Beach card, as a live CD. I wish I knew what the error is or if the
::: volume
::: isn't just all the way muted by default? I could probably find a
::: text-based
::: talking disk to reformat the drive free of the old stuff that was
::: still there, but I doubt the CD cares what is on any hard drive.
:::
:::
::: ----- Original Message -----
::: From: "Lorenzo Taylor" <lorenzo at taylor.homelinux.net>
::: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
::: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
::: Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:54 PM
::: Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu
:::
:::
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:::: Sound Blaster Live Value is in fact supported on the live CD. I
:::: happen to have one myself. Your problem may be that you have
:::: onboard sound that is being automatically chosen by default. Try
:::: plugging into your onboard audio for the install. You can always
:::: change it later by blacklisting its driver, which I have done, so
:::: I can tell you how to do. But for now, your best bet is to use
:::: your onboard audio while using the live CD.
::::
:::: HTH,
:::: Lorenzo
:::: - --
:::: I've always found anomalies to be very relaxing. It's a curse.
:::: - --Jadzia Dax: Star Trek Deep Space Nine (The Assignment)
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I have tried the latest Ubuntu, and it does not work with my laptop's 
soundcard.
I have yet to find a Live CD that works in the Averatec 2300 series.
Any suggestions?
I have tried GRML, Ubuntu, and I know I tried Knoppix, but I thought there 
was another I tried, but so far, no luck, as I am trying to access a hidden 
partition on my HD.
Glenn