Core 5? That's pretty old. How many floppy disks does that require? ;-) If you don't think you can run the newest versions or don't want to upgrade then try the lsmod test. If you're not sure if your laptop can handle it Knoppix would make a good test. Otherwise definitely upgrade to Core 9. If you aren't able to download and burn the disks there are people here who could do it for you. I'll do it if Qwest comes through with my new 3-7Mbps connection. -Brady > Knoppix lets you boot into a usable Linux environment from a CD or DVD, > meaning you don't have to install it on your hard drive on overwrite > whatever is on there. If you're going to download a big ISO, I'd suggest > downloading and installing Fedora Core 9 instead as it'll most likely > support your hardware out of the box. > > You can run lsmod from any shell and attach the results to the e-mail if > you'd like. > > > Nick Scholtes wrote: >> Hi Erik, >> >> Thanks for the advice. I'm a bit of a novice with Linux. Could you >> walk me through that? What's knoppix? >> I can run lsmod from any shell, right? >> >> Thanks, >> Nick >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Erik Anderson <erikerik at gmail.com >> <mailto:erikerik at gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Nick Scholtes <airchia at gmail.com >> <mailto:airchia at gmail.com>> wrote: >> > I have a Dell Latitude laptop (can't remember model number off >> hand), it's >> > about three years old. I have Fedora Core 5 and I can't get the >> sound to >> > work. I have a functioning sound card. Ideas? (Sorry I don't >> have more info, >> > but I'm at work; laptop's at home) >> >> Nick - I'd guess FC5 either isn't loading any drivers for the card >> or >> is loading the incorrect drivers. Usually what I do in this case is >> boot up a knoppix CD. That will load up the correct drivers in 99% >> of >> the cases in my experience. Then when you verify that sound is >> working >> in knoppix, you can check what drivers it loaded (run lsmod from the >> CLI) and make sure FC5 is loading the same ones. >> >> -Erik >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Art: bellsoffreedom.cgsociety.org/gallery/ >> <http://bellsoffreedom.cgsociety.org/gallery/> >> >> Blog: cognitivealchemy.blogspot.com >> <http://cognitivealchemy.blogspot.com> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >