Russell Tiedt wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

RT> Way to go, get you system stable, and running the way you want it
RT> to run, the  start playing with sound. Now that is time wasting of
RT> another type ...  sound..., and eats HDD space. :-(

I may be working on a solution to that problem,  too,  see nearby post...  :-)



RT>> No doudt you are learning a lot, but it is taking time, and my
RT>> objective is usually to get a system working/fixed as soon as
RT>> possible. 

RJT> Yeah,  but it's *working* right now.  It may not be optimum,  but I
RJT> can still do a bunch of useful work on it.

RT> Your definition of working and mine differ a bit :-))

Perhaps.



RT>>> Am waiting for Slackware 9.0 to  come out and will get a CD to
RT>>> play with, will also post you a copy. :-)

RJT>> Heh.  Perhaps I won't be running 8.1 very long.  :-)

RT>> That will depend on how long it takes you to sort out your 
RT>> problems, and how long before Slackware take to release Version
RT>> 9.0. 

Only one more problem I'm looking at now,  a missing lib...

RJT> I expect that the next step is to back up what I think might be in
RJT> some danger of getting overwritten,  and then just go ahead and do it.
RJT> Probably this weekend,  the way things are looking.

RT> Always better to be safe than sorry. :-)

See posts elsewhere for how it's going.  :-)

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