[ltp] At a Standstill with 770z

Charles E Taylor IV linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:08:10 -0500


On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:20:49 -0500
Jon Flanders <jonathan.flanders@verizon.net> wrote:

> I tried the IBM instructions  for the 600 and Redhat, the one with the
> symbolic link and script. I must have missed something because it didn't
> work.

You don't necessarily need the script.  Try running sndconfig, select the
cs4232 driver, and use the IO/IRQ/DMA settings on the IBM page, then see
if you get sound.
> Thanks for the feedback. Like I said though, while I have learned a few
> things, this is way too hard for even a fairly sophisticated "power
> user." The best way to sell Linux on laptops at the moment would be to
> have them preloaded.

You can buy such things - just not from IBM.

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