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   Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 21:27:02 -0600   
   From: noalternative    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Serious hardware problems   
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   On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:38:48 +0100   
   Xunil Resu  wrote:   
      
   > After freewheeling for a while with Kubuntu on an old pc and   
   > trying to get familiar with it, which I thought went well.   
      
   Kubuntu is not the best ubuntu for a beginner like yourself.  Also, if   
   your pc is real old you maybe better off with xubuntu.  Try sudo apt-get   
   install xubuntu_desktop , boot in to an xfce-session and see if you   
   aren't happier.   
      
    Now I am   
   > experiencing serious problems: 1. can't get the printer to work and 2.   
   > can't install the sound card.   
   >    
   > 1. I have a very ordinary printer (HP laserjet 1010) for which I   
   > installed the driver, but it won't print.   
      
   There should be some sort of program for setting up printers in your   
   applications menu.   
   >    
   > 2. I understand I need alsaconf for installing a sound card but it's   
   > not there ("command not found"), and I don't see it in Adept either.   
   > Adept shows various Alsa stuff but I don't know what I need.   
      
   according to this post alsaconf was removed after warty because of a   
   bug.   
   http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:OM5jn9y9BRYJ:www.ubuntuforum   
   .org/showthread.php%3Ft%3D189929%26page%3D2+alsaconf+ubuntu&hl=e   
   &ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=opera   
      
   Here is the soundcard howto   
      
   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HowToSetupSoundCards   
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   > Xunil Resu   
      
      
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