Bug 72400

Summary: firstboot doesn't ask whether I heard the sound (I didn't)
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Telsa Gwynne <hobbit>
Component: redhat-config-soundcardAssignee: Brent Fox <bfox>
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Description Telsa Gwynne 2002-08-23 14:34:34 UTC 
GUI install of personal desktop. 

firstboot: "a soundcard has been detected on your computer...." 
"Press here to play the sound".

I pressed. Nothing happened. Now what?

The lack of a sound is probably because I don't have speakers plugged in :)
Which I realise now. But a "no, I didn't hear it" option would have been
nice, although goodness knows what it would have to say in response.

I was left wondering whether it actually had played the sound. A
"playing sound now" box which goes away when it's stopped playing
would at least have told me that I hadn't managed to find an inactive
button or something.

Not really sure what firstboot can do here, but the lack of any feedback
is a bit disconcerting.
Comment 1 Brent Fox 2002-11-22 18:05:07 UTC 
Should be fixed in redhat-config-soundcard-1.0.2-1.  It now pops up a dialog to
ask the user whether they heard the sound or not.  If they say no, I pop up
another dialog saying that the soundcard could not be automatically configured.
 It's not perfect, but it at least gives the user the chance to say "Yes I heard
it" or "No I didn't."

Some cards just won't work due to bad or nonexistent drivers.