call you?

[JR]

Endless Files

Who said I can't call you?

Jim

--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> Subject: Re: Much more appreciated help with cd-rom,
> thanks
> From: Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
> To: livinusa2003 at yahoo.com
> Date: 05 Sep 2003 09:25:20 -0400
> 
> 1. We don't have a store, per-say, I work from a
> shop at my residence,
> appt. only kind of thing.
> 2. You would have needed spaces in your command
> below and it wouldnt
> have mattered in KDE or Gnome, "less /etc/fstab >
> fstab" without the
> quotes.
> 3. You said that you could get the cd player to work
> in Gnome and then
> you said you couldnt. In either case, be it in KDE
> or Gnome, using
> whatever, each application is going to need the
> correct setting for
> which device your using, you need to tell whatever
> app you using
> whatever device it is that you are using, i.e.
> /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd.
> 4. If you want the sound to work for your TV, you
> need to have the audio
> cable go from the TV card to the line in. THEN you
> need to tell your
> sound controller to use the line-in as a capture
> device, since it is
> probably only using the mic line for capture/input.
> You can select this
> in the menu under sound & video, volume control.
> 5. I would definitely use Gnome for the interface,
> XMMS for any audio,
> be it mp3, cd's whatever, XAWTV for the TV (totally
> configurable, can
> record movies, etc.), XINE for DVD's, Mplayer for
> avi's, mpg's etc.
> These are my personal choices that I have found over
> the years. Anyway,
> you can call me anytime and I will try and get you
> off and running on
> Linux! 553-8525.
> On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 05:55, JR wrote:
> 
> > Hi:
> > 
> > The info. below shows my unsuccessful attempts at
> > doing what you asked.  Also, the first info. that
> I
> > sent was from dmesg in KDE, this attempt is from
> > Gnome.  Last Night I was able to access the cd
> while
> > using Gnome.  I  had the cd in the dvd and used
> Xine
> > and it worked ok, I also was able to access mp3
> using
> > xmms at shoutcast.com.  A funky thing happened
> with
> > the tv card xawtv did not work but it was working
> the
> > other day in KDE.  I used zapping in Gnome and the
> > picture came up but no audio.  The other day in
> KDE I
> > used XAWTV and I had audio as well.  I'm just
> guessing
> > of course that my  conjecture matters as to what I
> > perceive as differences between KDE and Gnome.  I
> > cannot get the cd player to work in gnome of
> course. 
> > You are in W. Ville?  Are you on Main St., my wife
> > says she thinks your store is near Excuria.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Jim
> > 
> > [root at localhost jim]# less/etc/fstab>fstab
> > bash: less/etc/fstab: No such file or directory
> > [root at localhost jim]# cd ..
> > [root at localhost home]# less/etc/fstab>fstab
> > bash: less/etc/fstab: No such file or directory
> > [root at localhost home]# cd ..
> > [root at localhost /]# less/etc/fstab>fstab
> > bash: less/etc/fstab: No such file or directory
> > [root at localhost /]# dir
> > bin   dev     etc    home    lib  opt   root  tmp 
> var
> > boot  dhcpcd  fstab  initrd  mnt  proc  sbin  usr
> > [root at localhost /]# cd etc
> > [root at localhost etc]# less/etc/fstab>fstab
> > bash: less/etc/fstab: No such file or directory
> > [root at localhost etc]#
> > 

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