Well….since I moved over to Linux completely around nov 3rd, I have managed to get (almost!) everything working, most of the time. Its been like this….if A and B worked, C and D wouldnt. (I dint know this at the time). Then all of a sudden, C and D started to work. A also worked, but now B got pissed off by something. Probably by A’s desertion…and sulked.
Had a tough time with B. Coaxed and cajoled and it worked….
SO, for a few days, I had this thing going GREAT!! everything was working….
It was too good to be true, hence I decided that it was no fun.
I tried to update a few things -dont really remember what now -and B went bonkers…..I mean really nuts….no amount of cajoling/coaxing yielded any results…I even threatened to throw it out, but it didnt make any difference. If anything, it made things worse.
Key:
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A = Network Connections = Ethernet LAN
B = Sound System = Sound Drivers + codecs + Media Player(s) = ALSA, OSS, aRTs + DVD plugins + Xine, Totem
C = Network Connections = Wireless LAN, (never worked even during install and afterward)
D = Touchpad and Mouse playing hide-and-seek
[Coaxing/Cajoling = Trying to find out what configuration files are needed/modified and manually figure out the problem and the solution.
Throw it out = Un-install ]
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Bottomline:
A = Supposedly been configured for office network, will have to test it tomorrow…er..today (2am now..) and check
B = FUBAR…the only thing that works is XMMS – for audio files and erratic video, The others (Xine, Totem show great video, without any Audio). Both I guess are using the ALSA system and in KDE, aRTs is having control over the driver right now….
C =WLAN funnily working, even hotplugging works
D = removed the external mouse, restarted machine, it detected removal, said OK, rebooted, reinsert ext mouse, got detected, now both work. well 2 out 4 aint bad….so ….
So, this has been a long blog, even longer nights spent on understanding how things worked in the Linux world.
*Yawn* I’ll sign off now with this link – looks like a pretty good site…
Making the big switch – from Windows to Linux – http://www.jediknight.com/~smpoole/switchtolinux.html