Re: ALSA sound gone since kernel update

2004-12-14 Thread John van Spaandonk
Funny, I see this reply in the mailing list before my own mail appear. Thanks for the quick help. We're a great community! John On Tuesday 14 December 2004 21:51, Thomas Hood wrote: > On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:30:12 +0100, John van Spaandonk wrote: > > I used apt-get install (sid)

ALSA sound gone since kernel update

2004-12-14 Thread John van Spaandonk
I used apt-get install (sid) to update the kernel to the newest 2.4.27-1-686-smp Now the ALSA modules do not load anymore update-modules says depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-686-smp/updates/alsa/snd-mpu401.o for lots of snd-* alsa modules. I guess that I also need a n

Re: how can other users use X?

2004-07-28 Thread John van Spaandonk
On Wednesday 28 July 2004 01:38, James Vahn wrote: > John van Spaandonk wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# xhost +root > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: No protocol specified > > > > xhost: unable to open display ":0" &

Re: how can other users use X?

2004-07-27 Thread John van Spaandonk
On Tuesday 27 July 2004 18:06, James Vahn wrote: > rich wrote: > > I start my X session as one user, then from a terminal where I've su'ed > > to another (not root), I want to be able to use gvim, but it tells me > > it's not allowed to use the X server. > > > > How can I get this working? > > Try

Re: any last words before I install kernel 2.6?

2004-07-16 Thread John van Spaandonk
On Thursday 15 July 2004 19:10, CW Harris wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 03:02:05PM +0200, John van Spaandonk wrote: > > On Wednesday 14 July 2004 11:39, John Summerfield wrote: > > > John van Spaandonk wrote: > > > >On Tuesday 13 July 2004 01:29, Dan Jacobson

Re: any last words before I install kernel 2.6?

2004-07-15 Thread John van Spaandonk
On Wednesday 14 July 2004 11:25, LeVA wrote: > 2004. jĂșlius 14. 11:07, > John van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > So for me it is difficult to try out 2.6 because of these changes. > > > > I guess if I have a good solution for t

Re: any last words before I install kernel 2.6?

2004-07-15 Thread John van Spaandonk
On Wednesday 14 July 2004 11:39, John Summerfield wrote: > John van Spaandonk wrote: > >On Tuesday 13 July 2004 01:29, Dan Jacobson wrote: > >>Any last words before I > >># apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-k7 > >>on my home (sid) PC? > >> > >&g

Re: any last words before I install kernel 2.6?

2004-07-14 Thread John van Spaandonk
On Tuesday 13 July 2004 01:29, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Any last words before I > # apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-k7 > on my home (sid) PC? > > Will things break that used to work in 2.4? I still stick with 2.4 for the following reason. I use two ethernet cards: eth0 is connected to the cable mod

Re: Color Distortion in KDE

2004-07-13 Thread John van Spaandonk
On Tuesday 13 July 2004 09:04, Silvan wrote: > > I've had the same problem, since the X update about a month ago. It > > worked fine before that. I also have the 855 GM video controller. > > Me three, and it's damned strange, really. I've been using Sid on a box > with an i845 chipset for months

Re: alsa not working

2004-06-12 Thread John van Spaandonk
On Saturday 12 June 2004 01:05, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:42:52 +0200 > > John van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 11 June 2004 22:06, Chris Metzler wrote: > >> Your problem is that you are loading OSS modules. The ALSA modu

Re: alsa not working

2004-06-11 Thread John van Spaandonk
On Friday 11 June 2004 22:06, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:51:13 +0200 > > John van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I searched linuxquestions.org and the last year of this list but > > could not find anything releva

Re: alsa not working

2004-06-11 Thread John van Spaandonk
A little more info. I can get sound in kde if I do not set the sound system to alsa, but set it on automatic or oss... John On Friday 11 June 2004 21:51, John van Spaandonk wrote: > Hi, > > I searched linuxquestions.org and the last year of this list but > could not find anyth

alsa not working

2004-06-11 Thread John van Spaandonk
Hi, I searched linuxquestions.org and the last year of this list but could not find anything relevant. Problem: alsa sound not working. alsaconf is not working either. It says no pci cards found, and scanning for legacy ISA cards is not useful, I don't have those. So automatic configuration does

Re: cdrom does not un-mounts

2004-05-22 Thread John van Spaandonk
On Saturday 22 May 2004 06:52, J.S.Sahambi wrote: > I am using Debian/sid. Some times when I mount a cdrom and try to > unmount it immediately, it gives the following error on the terminal: > > umount: /cdrom: device is busy > umount: /cdrom: device is busy > > But the fact is the cdrom is not bein

Upgrading to 2.6.5 switched my physical network interface names

2004-05-03 Thread John van Spaandonk
modem per default. Or would I run into trouble anyhow since some utilities refer to the physical (say eth0) interface and other utilities to the logical (say eth1) address? Does this make any sense? :-) Thanks for any advice! John van Spaandonk ps This issue must have been dealt with count