kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 30, Issue 57

[Andrew Jarrett]

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> Now that Linux can read - and
> soon to write to - Windows partitions dual booting, or running the OS'es
> together makes sense to me.
>
> Richard I
>
********************************** NTFS **********************
Linux is able to write to NTFS partitions *right now*.  I think that
NTFS-3G is still not considered "stable", but this is the kind of
unstable where everyone uses it anyway and there are not really any
big issues.  If you don't currently have the ability to write to your
NTFS partitions, then you could try this:

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g ntfs-config

After this, type in:
sudo ntfs-config

and then configure your device. Sorry for the repeated info if you
already have it working.

******************************* Audacity ***********
I don't really have much to offer here, except to try KMix (the
speaker icon at the bottom-right of the screen) **and** alsamixer.
Alsamixer is a command line utility and sometimes editing your
settings here will fix your problem when editing your settings in KMix
will not. To use alsamixer, just type this in a console:

alsamixer

I don't think it needs to be run as root. Left and Right arrow keys
will navigate, Up and Down arrow keys will adjust the volume of the
selected channel, and the "m" key will unmute/mute the selected
channel.  A channel is muted if it says "MM" at the bottom and it is
unmuted if it says "OO" at the bottom of the selected channel. I would
suggest looking at your line-in channel, mic-channel, cd-channel, and
your input-sources (along with anything else that will record audio).
I know I am not an audio wizard, but I HTH.

Andrew

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