Howdy, So last tuesday I got fed up with windows and formatted C: .... it was very satusfying....
Anyway, I went through a couple of installs that were broken (PIBKAC, i assure you), until I landed on this install... let's see if I can re-construct, step by step: 1) installed using woody isos, bf24 kernel. apt-got up to current sid 2) in first attempt to get sound working, i compiled a new kernel, 2.6.5, with ALSA, but the wrong drivers 3) incremented the "extra version" makefile option and re-compiled with the right drives and ALSA, no dice, still didn't work. it detected the chip fine in boot, but didn't work. gnome's volume control gave me crap for not being able to open /dev/mixer so i addusered my user into the audio group, which made it quiet down. Inexplicably, no sound application worked except for Stones, the gnome stones clone. sound started a few seconds into the game, and was low-quality thoughout. Tried alsaconf, it didn't detect the chip. alsaconf also gave error: "cannot find module SND" three times at run... tried editing /etc/modutils/alsa to match what was shown for the ensoniq 1731 chip at www.alsa-project.org, but to no avail. contemplated following the debian instructions at http://www.sonic.net/~rknop/linux/debian_alsa.html but got confused, and didn't, partially because it was referencing the 2.4.24 kernel, and i was running 2.6.5 4) recompiled again with proper driver and OSS, boot detects the chip (integraded on the mobo, don't'cha'know), and stones works better (music this time), but nothing else is fixed. when i load any multimedia program, it complains about not being able to open /dev/dsp my suspects: -cruft from the first install that i didn't/don't know to clean -improper config -the usual plbkac I really don't know what you would need to help me, being a week old in linux, so please be gentle (/me cowers) Two other side problems... I have two hard drives and two cdrom drives, and only one of each is currently recognised by the system. my unrecognised HD has ~20gigs of mp3s and such that i'd like to keep if i can... it's fat32 (converted with partitionmagic from NTFS for compatability)... i have Vfat compiled in, but... i don't know what to do to get them in fstab, etc... sort of related second side problem: I have an iRiver iHP-120, 20gig hard-disk mp3/ogg/wma/etc player, that uses USB2.0 (or 1.1) mass storage... i installed all the kernel packages i could see though menuconfig that USB Mass Storage needed... but i don't really know where to go from there... there's USB1.1 on my mobo that works (my mouse!), and a USB2 PCI card that i've not confirmed works, yet. any help on any of my problems would be graciously thanked... thanks for even reading... --Phil Ramey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
