Linux

[ScottyB_]

I have two questions about linux.

My first one is I am runnning RedHat 7.1 and have a SB live Xgamer card with dolby digital speakers, I can here from my headphones but How do I pump sound to my speakers?

My second question is how do I install and run programs in RedHat 7.1?

 

[Priit]

To get sound out of your speakers, look mixer settings just like under Windows. Probably just volume is turned down. To install RPM package, just write (as root) "rpm -i packagename.rpm" on command line. Installing programs in tar.gz (source) format is a bit harder, but almost always there's README file supplied with them. To extract tar.gz archive, write "tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz". For running programs, writing the program name into command line is enough. You can use "locate" or "whereis" to find where program binaries are located.

 

[EmperorRob]

What version of Linux are you using and what desktop (GNOME or KDE, etc) ?

The easiest way to install rpms is to open your file explorer and right click on the .rpm and choose install.