Ok i`m new to linux.i chose slackware downloaded it got it installed.
now i can`t get my printer,soundcard,dvd player,cdrw,floppy,etc,ect......
i must have missed something.but i thought it that it said it had them
dureing the installation.
will someone get me heading in the right direction.Thanks


i`m running it with KDE,my soundcard is on the mbo.

Each thing has to be setup individually:
Start with one, resolve it, and work your way down your list.
Searching LQ would be a good idea, as most if not all of your
issues have been covered before.

Here are some things just to get you started. Without details, its about the
best I can do.

printer:
USB or Parallel ?
You have CUPS running? type ' pkgtool ' -> setup -> services -> rc.cups
Go to a webbrowser and type 'localhost:631'

soundcard:
As root or SU, run these commands:
alsaconf
alsamixer
alsactl store

dvd player, cdrw, floppy
Whats the problem with each? You mounted it right?
dvd - can't watch movies? or can't read from it?
cdrw - can't burn or can't read from it?
floppy - can't mount it?

The more details about your problems, the better. Just trying to get the ball rolling.
-tw

the others are not mounted....
how do i mount them????
thanks for the stuff i`m on it now

to mount your cdrom or dvd, open a terminal such as xterm or konsole and type

mount /dev/cdrom

or

mount /dev/dvd

for floppy, it's

mount /dev/fd0

you might have to do these as root, but you can change that by editing your /etc/fstab file to show something like this:

yours probably says noauto,root,ro...change root to user and you can mount it as a user. do the same for the floppy and the dvd if it's a separate device...

welll...what's the prob with the drives ?

quote/--------
Whats the problem with each? You mounted it right?
dvd - can't watch movies? or can't read from it?
cdrw - can't burn or can't read from it?
floppy - can't mount it?
-----------EQ

and did you manage to get sound/printer working ?

btw :to mount a cd , type ( as root )

#mount /mnt/cdrom

of for flop:

#mount /mnt/floppy

just to check if it works.

egag

the printer i got.
still no sound

i`m going to mount the drives now.

Sound:

1- First, find out what sound card you have. Type ' lspci ' as SU or root to get that info.
Read through the output and make note of what audio device/chipset you have.
Example Output for the line your looking for:
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)

2- Double check here http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/ to see if its compatible.
(probably is, but double check anyway)

3- As SU or root, type:
alsaconf

Post back:
Does it find the card?
What card do you have?

Type ' lsmod | grep snd ' and post these results too.
We'll go from there.
-tw

p.s. - good job on the printer

I`ve got it all up and going(drives mounted).
this is a cool OS,i like and best of all my wife does too.M$ will soon begone
Thanks for all the help guys