Or, ideally, the newbie with the exact same problem will search the Ubuntu bug list, noting their similarity to a bug that was filed that included your workaround and relevant discussion. -Dave Florin Iucha wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 03:25:32PM -0600, Mike Miller wrote: > >>> A newbie who goes around uninstalling things will get his comeuppance. >>> >> In my case, the sound card didn't work until I uninstalled pulse audio. >> So the newbie on my system would have had a comeuppance either way. >> > > Hopefully the newbie with your system/hardware problem will read a > few threads on the forums, or ask in the IRC, and hopefully whomever > suggests a newbie to do X, has done it already and knows the pitfalls > and how to recover from them. > > Cheers, > florin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >