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1276416 2012-05-21 06:50:00 Just remembered one thing. Try right clicking on the KMix sound icon in the taskbar on the right and choose restore then go to settings/Audio setup and check out the device preference page.That seems to have sorted it. Once I got to the device preferences, almost everything was at the minimum. I played with the settings and eventually it came right. It's the usual story - once you know where to look, it is easy.

Thanks again. I might start another thread just about the boot menu thing.
Tony (4941)
1276417 2012-05-21 07:01:00 Are you using pulse audio?
If so Do you have pavucontol installed?
Makes life much easier as you can select which cards to output to.I did have pulse audio enabled (by default). I installed pavucintrol. When I try to execute it, I get the message "connection failed - connection refused." However it is no biggie, as everything seems to be working anyway, as per earlier post.

Thanks.
Tony (4941)
1276418 2012-05-21 08:18:00 When I try to execute it, I get the message "connection failed - connection refused."
Might need to be run with root privileges.
mikebartnz (21)
1276419 2012-05-21 09:50:00 Might need to be run with root privileges.I logged on as root and got the same message. As I said, it's no big deal, although I'd like to know what is happening just to satisfy my inner geek. :) Tony (4941)
1276420 2012-05-21 10:09:00 I logged on as root and got the same message. As I said, it's no big deal, although I'd like to know what is happening just to satisfy my inner geek. :)
Rather than logging in as root it is better to use the Root Terminal.
mikebartnz (21)
1276421 2012-05-21 10:27:00 Rather than logging in as root it is better to use the Root Terminal.How do I do that? Remember I'm a baby at this! However I have set up Thunderbird and got your reply that way rather than having to go back into Windows, so I'm making progress. Tony (4941)
1276422 2012-05-21 10:54:00 How do I do that? Remember I'm a baby at this! However I have set up Thunderbird and got your reply that way rather than having to go back into Windows, so I'm making progress.
Using the PC button go to More Applications/Terminals/Root Terminal or you can edit a menu item so that it will use root permission.

There is a way of making Thunderbird in Windows and PCLinuxOS use the same profile so that you see the same in both.
mikebartnz (21)
1276423 2012-05-21 11:23:00 Thanks. I'll check that profile thing out. Tony (4941)
1276424 2012-05-21 11:32:00 There is a way of making Thunderbird in Windows and PCLinuxOS use the same profile so that you see the same in both.

That would only work if the email account supported IMAP though, right?
Agent_24 (57)
1276425 2012-05-21 11:45:00 That would only work if the email account supported IMAP though, right?
No. Just make sure your Win partition is mounted somewhere (usually /media/windows or such), and read/write for your user, and point Tbird to the Win profile.
It would also pay to check for any differences in the respective Tbird versions.
fred_fish (15241)
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