[olug] Kubuntu sound and mounting external drives

[Joe Gulizia]

Thanks to Charles of OLUG....

I did find the following article and it gave me a way
to do it:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/mountwindows.php
AND
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/mountlinux.html




--- Charles Bird <thebirdman at operamail.com> wrote:

> modprobe ntfs
> make a directory to mount ntfs in and then check
> fstab and enter the appropriate info for the mounted
> fs, U should be able to figure it out if u look at
> the other mounts, u just follow the rest of fstab
> way of inputing the mounts and it should work.
> There might be a quicker and fancier way in Kubuntu
> , but this is the way i learned how to do it.
> As far as sounds goes, I'm not too sure as to what
> drivers u are using for your chipset or what would
> work.
> I suspect that the actual cause might be a "mixer"
> or other sound setting that is not bumped up as far
> as your previous settings...this should be
> accessable from gui and may require some looking
> around.
> 
> Have a good night/day and B cool.
> Charles
> 
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joe Gulizia" <jrguliz at yahoo.com>
> > To: wftl-lug at salmar.com, "Omaha Linux Users Group"
> <olug at olug.org>
> > Subject: [olug] Kubuntu sound and mounting
> external drives
> > Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:39:55 -0700 (PDT)
> > 
> > 
> > I just upgraded to Kubuntu Dapper Drake from
> Breezy
> > Badger.
> > 
> > 1)  My sound level dropped (using VIA chipset)
> enough
> > to notice and I'd like to know how to go back to
> the
> > old sound driver.
> > 
> > 2)  I've tried to mount some external drives with
> no
> > luck.
> > 
> > I keep getting "Disk file format not found and
> none
> > was specified".  I have files on at least one of
> the
> > external drives (which I CAN read).  I know that
> one
> > other empty drive is NTFS.  I also have files on
> > drives that I can no longer access (I could read
> them
> > before the upgrade).
> > 
> > I've looked online and tried to make heads and
> tails
> > of it with no luck.  I've found something similar
> but
> > nothing dealing with that specific peoblem.
> > 
> > What commands do I need to know/use.  Should I
> send
> > the current FSTAB?
> > 
> > Thank you.
> > 
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