Subj : Re: PING Question To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Wed Jan 29 2020 03:09:42 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 21-Jan-2020 08:55 <=- NB>>> Still sounds like software... or at the very least, NB>>> incompatability with the hardware... ;) BM>> Sort of yes. I'm not sure what the answer is so don't want to BM>> 'define' something. In the "Big Black Box Answer" I'm thinking along BM>> the lines how on most audio systems (think "stereo") there's a Line Out BM>> (such as to a tape deck) where the audio level is always constant. To BM>> the speakers the audio level is variable. NB>> Obviously you have more basic knowledge of such than I do... :) BM> Um, yes. Sometimes hard to remember what seems extremely simple to me BM> isn't for others. OTOH I don't do that great a job of sewing a BM> button! We all have our different competencies.... :) BM>> There are some audio systems where the Line Out is variable. I'm BM>> running into this with the occasional computer system. ...I suppose BM>> technically all are: one can pull up graphical or command line to BM>> control the Line Out level -- just need to figure out how to connect BM>> the key or button to it. NB>> And I suppose that could be hardware rather than software, but it NB>> seems that a lot of connecting seems to be software... ;) BM> I'm thinking both hardware and software. The hardware has to be able BM> to be controlled by the software and the software has to be able to BM> control the hardware plus be controlled. Sort of like a light switch BM> is either on or off: no in-between. A dimmer switch can do the BM> in-betweens. True. BM>>>> From the "Took a Quick Look Department" isn't the motherboard brand BM>>>> nor a configuration I did of the OS. NB>>>> AIS, I'd think it would be something in the program(s) you are using NB>>>> on the computers that do work that allow that sort of control as NB>>>> part of the program... BM>>> Overall the same: Ubuntu 18.04.3 with MythTV 30. Both inquire with BM>>> the hardware to find out what it is and what needs to be installed. NB>>> Ok, then... some sort of issue with software somewhere... ;) BM>> Well, yes, and I think the earlier paragraph's semi-ramblings gave me BM>> an idea of what to do. Might not be the computer system doesn't do it BM>> but isn't told how to do it. NB>> There I go, giving you a sounding board to bounce off of so that NB>> you can figure out your own answers... BM> That's what I need sometimes! :) And I seem to have a knack of facilitating... NB>>> ... Time flies when you don't know what you're doing. BM>> Yup! I've spent hours trying to figure out what I need to do to figure BM>> something out! NB>> Of course, it also flies when you do, often as not... BM> It's all relative! Indeed. :) ttyl neb .... Computer malfunction; there's a nut loose in the operator's chair. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .