Mandrake 10.0 printer and sound issues

[cuog]

I just installed Mandrake on the comp in my sig and it couldnt setup the card wheni installed it and said to run sndconfig, so i tried that and it doesnt work it comes up with an error

What should i do


Also I have an HP Officejet 710 that doesn't work either and I have no clue what to do here. I ran the windows driver on it without expercting it to work and of course the application wouldnt work so what do i do, i really need the printer since this computer is just used for internet and typing the printer issue is voiding one of its uses


If anyone can help with either issue please help

[OOPS!]

Hi,

You don't say what sound card you have or the error you get. I will assume you have an ISA type, and the 2.6.x kernel.

The 2.6.x kernels now longer have built-in support for ISA sound cards. The 2.4.x do. If you have the 2.6.x, you will need to do a re-compile of your kernel to get it. And in either kernel you will need to install a program called sndconfig. That should be on your install discs. It does need to be run as root from the Cli. It should auto-magiclly detect it and the settings. If not, you will need to know what kind it is and the addresses for it to manually enter it.

Your printer is very well supported under Linux. Just go to the Mandrake Control Center, log in as root, and go to System, I think, ( I don't have a Mandrake box in front of me right now, sorry). But look around in there anyway, you should learn whats there anyway. It will walk you through the setup in glorious GUI goodness. It might ask for install discs, so have them handy.

HTH,
OOPS!

[cuog]

Ok i have whatever is on the install discs i got and i dont know how to compile the stuff in linux, is there a chance you can explain how to or post a link to a tutorial,

thanks for the printer advice i figured it out the other day when i was bored and trying to learn how to navigate and configure stuff in linux

also the soundcard is an ISA a soundblaster but beyond that i dont know 'cause these parts were scavenged off of a bunch of my friends old computers