Hello. I am new to the Linux enviroment and need help in deciding what version to use. I have seen Lycoris and it seems to be theclosest thing I can find to a steady OS but I don't know if it would suit my needs. I want to use Linux as a second OS for now and in the future possibly make it my primary if all goes well. I need input on which distribution to use and what kind of hardware setup would be best. I am not a power user except when it comes to windows. I am glad to say I look forward to using Linux and hope it goes well.

I don't know Licoris so I can't say if it is good or bad to your needs ..

Although I can recomend to you either Suse or Mandrake bacause they are good distros for new linux users as the don't require much knowledge and you can do almost all the tasks with the GUI.

You cal also take a look here http://www.linuxquestions.org/reviews/index.php?cat=2 to see a more detailed description of several distros ..

Have fun with your linux experiencies

My new "newbie recommendation" is Ubuntu, give it a shot it's supposed to be really good. Lycoris isn't so crash hot, I'm not sure of my facts so I won't comment but yeah, I'm saying Ubuntu

I went ahead and got my hands on a copy of Red Hat Enterprise WS 3. I absolutely love it. The install was easy. The only thing I have a little trouble with is using the console and installing some programs. Other than that I am happy with it. It is relatively easy and I plan to migrate completely to Linux in a few months. The only thing I can't figure out is the playing of music Cd's. I don't get any sound. What could be the cause of that?

neliss_1983 what is your sound card . Do you have sound everywhere else, but not in your CD player?

Try running alsaconf from console

check this out:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...n+slackware+10



also do lsmod in console and post result

post /etc/modules.conf here

My sound card is a Sound Blaster Live LS 5.1. I can here the test soudn and watch flash videos from G4 Tech TV. Is seem that when I use the CD Player it just won't play any sound.

also do lsmod in console and post result

post /etc/modules.conf here

Try running alsaconf from console


Did you already do all that? does xmms give you sound? do xine and totem give you sound? Which CD player are you using?

I tried to run lsmod and alsaconf and the reply I got was this:

[neliss@localhost /]$ lsmod
bash: lsmod: command not found
[neliss@localhost /]$ alsaconf
bash: alsaconf: command not found

didi I do something wrong or is there some other way of doing this?

It's better to run both command as root as these are 'admin commands'

Ran the commands you told me about under the root account and this is what I got:


[root@localhost root]# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
vfat 12812 0 (autoclean)
fat 38136 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
emu10k1 68320 0 (autoclean)
ac97_codec 16744 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1]
sound 72916 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1]
soundcore 6468 7 (autoclean) [emu10k1 sound]
usbserial 23356 0 (autoclean) (unused)
parport_pc 18500 1 (autoclean)
lp 8772 0 (autoclean)
parport 36544 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
autofs4 15736 0 (autoclean) (unused)
via-rhine 15216 1
mii 3972 0 [via-rhine]
crc32 3680 0 [via-rhine]
ipt_REJECT 4728 1 (autoclean)
ipt_state 1080 3 (autoclean)
ip_conntrack 26696 1 (autoclean) [ipt_state]
iptable_filter 2412 1 (autoclean)
ip_tables 15200 3 [ipt_REJECT ipt_state iptable_filter]
sr_mod 17368 0 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 12112 0
ide-cd 33600 0
cdrom 31936 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
floppy 55600 0 (autoclean)
sg 35564 0 (autoclean)
sd_mod 13776 0 (autoclean)
usb-storage 73056 0
scsi_mod 105320 -2 [sr_mod ide-scsi sg sd_mod usb-storage]
keybdev 2912 0 (unused)
mousedev 5428 1
hid 21796 0 (unused)
input 5792 0 [keybdev mousedev hid]
ehci-hcd 19752 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 25324 0 (unused)
usbcore 76704 1 [usbserial usb-storage hid ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
ext3 84648 2
jbd 50220 2 [ext3]


[root@localhost root]# alsaconf
bash: alsaconf: command not found
[root@localhost root]# alsaconf
bash: alsaconf: command not found
[root@localhost root]#

Hope that helps ya figur my dilema out.

nelis,
you've said you're using RHEL3, it doesn't come/use alsa by default, infact it doesn't include alsa.
it uses oss for sound, so try running "aumix" in the console, make sure cd volume is not muted, raise the volume to make it audible, use the arrows keys. what player are u using for playing CD, xmms, cdplay?

Using cd player that came with the OS and Kaboodle. Ran aumix and checked the settings and turned everything up. Didn't work in CD Player. don't have XMMS far as I know. Do I need it and if not how do I fix the no cd sound? Where would I get XMMS.

so, while playing cds, it just pretends its playing giving no sound or does it give some error message?

You're using red hat, Red Hat includes xmms.

I put a audio cd in and it spins up. The system launches the default CD Player and the player starts playing. It recovers the CD info from the web and displays it. I take a gander at my cd drive. Light is lit up like its reading the disk. The only thing missing is the sound. I can hear everything else when I online and such but not my audio CDs.

have you got the cd audio cable connected from your cd-drive to the sound card?