Re: How to find out what it is...

Trevor Best wrote:

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:38:07 GMT
"Marcus Fox" <please-reply-via-newsgroup-th@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Trying to do this over the phone for someone who's not very technical at
all - they seem to have a sound device in the computer that's not
installed - no drivers. How do I find out what it is, so I can e-mail the
right drivers for it? Can talk then through installing it over the phone.

You might get them to boot a Linux LiveCD like Ubuntu, it will probably
identify it. From a terminal type "aplay -l", it will list the sound
card(s).

There is also the systemrescue Linux livecd which has a lot of diagnostic
tools that run from a boot up menu. This and many other rescue
liveCDs are available - all free with source code.
http://www.livecdlist.com
http://www.distrowatch.com

.

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