Hi all im kinda a newbie to linux started migrating to it from windows about two weeks ago but i wanna get more experience and stuff, but first i wanna get my sound fixed each time i boot on linux my sound doens't work i have to go to YaST>delete the sound card and then re-add it and it works, i was told i could try something like that:

and they weren't all 'rwx', so i did

but everytime i reboot the permissions are reset :S :s, any ideas on how to get that fixed?

i also wanna know how to make my ntfs drive writable, and why is it "dangerous" to set ntfs to write.

and i'm also intersted in learning how to program drivers for devices and make software and stuff for devices, i think it's called kernel programming? not too sure, and help in updating to KDE 3.4

:S sorry for all these questions guys, oh and here are my specs:

SuSE Linux 9.1
Kernel 2.6.11.6
KDE 3.2

Thanks everyone,

FishBoy.

If Suse 9.1 uses udev (which I think it does) you need to make permission changes somewhere in /etc/udev/.

To write NTFS you need some extra support, look for 'captive' or 'paragon'. These actually work. The module which ships with the linux kernel if activated to 'write' it is dangerous since it has certain limitations in its functionality.

Device drivers? You have LOTS of reading and posting on mailing lists and news groups ahead of you. Good luck.

If you want to update KDE, I recommend only through yast (or try other repository based package managers, 'apt', etc).

that's for the sound right?

well im getting 2nd thoughts on NTFS writting after being pointed to this site and read these lines

it made me not wanna do it, but they did point to websites that have windows ext2 and ext3 drivers

is there anywhere good that you would recomment that i could start from?

right i think that's a good idea YaST is the easiest way

ok so i editted udev.permission in su mode and i changed all the permissions that are 660 to 770 which included those for the audio and stuff and i still dont get audio when i boot linux, i rebooted it twice

> is there anywhere good that you would recomment that i could start from?
google for:
C tutorial
the C programming language(*)
kernel programming tutorial
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(*) the C `bible'. A must have for any serious C programmer. Read the reviews here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/review...hp?product=395

cool thx jonas i'll take a look at those later on i just woke up now, but yea i do know C, but only like up to file handling and a quick view of struct and then we switched to C++ classes, that's at school

then you might be in for a long journey...
make sure that you understand how pointers, strings and arrays (which are all (convertible to) pointers) work; they are quite crucial to any successful C. Also, understand how function pointers work.

Actually, make sure you know how the entire language works--it's small enough to keep it all inside your head, once you `get it'.

best wishes,

Jonas Kölker

yea i think i still need some practice on pointers and pointers to pointers in C++

hey my sound card still doesn't load automatically when i boot linux i tried modifying the udev.permission folder but that didn't help, any suggestions?
thanks