mike hoy wrote: > tried mepis live cd and sound failed. mepis 2004.03 Mike, I thought I had this problem too when I first installed Mepis on my laptop. Turned out that the sound was turned off in KDE, which is kind of a dumb default for an install, but there it was. I turned on the sound in KDE and had no problem after that. > > > mike hoy > > volinaz@cox.net wrote: > >> Mike, >> I would not trade it in. I am using a Compaq 1800t which has a pIII >> 800mhz cpu, and 128mb RAM, and I can play dvd's with no problem. I am >> also using SuSE 9.1 pro. I would have to say you have other> and I would stop running other apps in the background while watching >> movies, as this is an unneeded burden on a system that is already >> running hot. Laptops were not designed to run "heavy" loads, they are >> not to replace desktops..... >> >> Mike >> >> >>> From: mike hoy >>> Date: 2005/01/17 Mon PM 08:34:22 EST >>> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> Subject: Re: Advice requested >>> >>> what i meant about shared ram is of the 512 mb of ram you can choose >>> how much is given to the video card. the video card requires you to >>> dedicate some of your ram otherwise it won't work. >>> >>> mike hoy >>> >>> der.hans wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Am 17. Jan, 2005 schwätzte mike hoy so: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I have a compaq r3000 presario P4 laptop with 512 mb of ram shared to >>>>> the ATI radeon video card. >>>>> I can't play dvd's. My error: Too Many Video Packets in the >>>>> buffer. The >>>>> sound shuts off and the movie keeps playing. >>>>> The sound doesn't work right. It can't work with more than one >>>>> application. Ex: gaim and mplayer can't use the sound card at the >>>>> same time. >>>>> >>>>> Rather than try to fix this problem I would like to know if I >>>>> ought to >>>>> trade this compaq for a more linux friendly laptop or should I just >>>>> sell it and then buy a used laptop known to work well with linux? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> I dislike it when people answer a question different than the one >>>> asked, >>>> but I'm gonna do it anyway :). >>>> >>>> First off, I dunno about trading it in, so I'm not much help there. >>>> >>>> Have you tried to use arts, esd or another sound daemon? The sound >>>> daemon >>>> would be the only thing talking to the sound card. Sound daemons can >>>> listen to multiple applications at the same time, though. >>>> >>>> The linux laptop howto used to point to a repository of links for >>>> people >>>> who published their experiences with laptops. Maybe it has some links >>>> that'll help you. >>>> >>>> Don't know about the system and video card sharing RAM. >>>> >>>> ciao, >>>> >>>> der.hans >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss