On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 08:29:56AM -0800, J Y wrote: > If you reply to this please cc me thanks. > > Maybe there's a better way to do this? I'm trying to get my system > working right (Debian3.0 w/k7 kernel) There are some packages and > modules that don't work i.e alsa or sound, the screensaver module can't > be loaded,and others. So I ran /usr/sbin/base-config
The debian kernel-images that use initrd are very modularized. To get your cdrom recognized you will need to load modules sr_mod and cdrom. For sound load module soundcore and a driver module for your sound card or chipset. > I get to this point in the process after the base-config has scanned > the cdrom where it no longer seems to recognize the cdrom. That is it > did and then it doesn't. And even though My internet connection is up it > now won't connect to debian for security upgrades either. Try "apt update" or dselect update" again. If that doesn't help, post your /etc/apt/sources.list. > I did start > the security upgreade process once and it worked then.. Any ideas on this? > Here is ismod results ( I have hdd=ide-scsi in my grub boot menu perhaps > that's not correct for debian?) > > And why can't I copy and paste from kword to mozilla in Debian?! > > deblnx:/home/john# lsmod > Module Size Used by Not tainted > isofs 24864 0 (autoclean) > printer 5696 0 > ac97 3024 0 (unused) > ide-tape 49600 0 > agpgart 30688 0 (unused) > keybdev 1696 0 (unused) > usbkbd 2944 0 (unused) > input 3424 0 [keybdev usbkbd] > rtc 5592 0 (autoclean) > usb-uhci 21508 0 (unused) > usbcore 49696 1 [printer usbkbd usb-uhci] > ide-scsi 7680 0 > scsi_mod 86328 1 [ide-scsi] > parport_pc 22280 1 (autoclean) > lp 6496 0 (autoclean) > parport 23360 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] > unix 13636 78 (autoclean) > ide-disk 6816 2 (autoclean) > ide-probe-mod 8096 0 (autoclean) > ide-mod 131404 2 (autoclean) [ide-tape ide-scsi > ide-disk ide-probe-mod] > ext3 57248 1 (autoclean) > jbd 35640 1 (autoclean) [ext3] > deblnx:/home/john# > -- Jerome
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