Re: kernels for Lenny; was Re: Alsaconf & halting a frozen laptop.

2008-08-06 Thread Nigel Henry
On Wednesday 06 August 2008 02:27, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > Nigel & others, > > At Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:39:40 +0200 N.H. wrote, > "... Lenny install, I have the following kernels available. > 2.6.8 > 2.6.11" > > With /etc/apt/sources.list set to lenny, > dselect offers only 2.6.16 and 2.6.25. > Can d

Re: kernels for Lenny; was Re: Alsaconf & halting a frozen laptop.

2008-08-06 Thread Andreas Janssen
PETER EASTHOPE (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Nigel & others, > > At Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:39:40 +0200 N.H. wrote, > "... Lenny install, I have the following kernels available. > 2.6.8 > 2.6.11" > > With /etc/apt/sources.list set to lenny, > dselect offers only 2.6.16 and 2.6.25. > Can dselect ins

kernels for Lenny; was Re: Alsaconf & halting a frozen laptop.

2008-08-06 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Nigel & others, At Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:39:40 +0200 N.H. wrote, "... Lenny install, I have the following kernels available. 2.6.8 2.6.11" With /etc/apt/sources.list set to lenny, dselect offers only 2.6.16 and 2.6.25. Can dselect install 2.6.11? Thanks,... Peter E. -- http://members.sh

Sound on an IBM NetVista; was Re: Alsaconf & halting a frozen laptop.

2008-08-02 Thread peasthope
Nigel Henry, Thomas Preud'homme & others, Thanks for all the attention to this problem. nh> I'd suggest adding a line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, as below. install snd-hda-intel /bin/true Very promising but, alas, it fails. alsaconf is still required. tp> I just blacklist via82 module. I ad

Re: Alsaconf & halting a frozen laptop.

2008-07-27 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
Le dimanche 27 juillet 2008, Nigel Henry a écrit : [SNIP] > Hi Peter. Interesting from viewing the lsmod output below, that both > snd-hda-intel, and snd-intel8x0 are being loaded, and also very > weird. > > You should be able to just blacklist the snd-hda-intel module > in /etc/modprobe.d/blackl

Re: Alsaconf & halting a frozen laptop.

2008-07-27 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 27 July 2008 17:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Nigel, > > Progress! > > SUMMARY > According to the outputs from lsmod below, the net > effect of alsaconf is to remove snd_hda_intel. So, > unless there is more specific advice, I should find how > to prevent loading of snd_hda_intel at sta

Re: Alsaconf & halting a frozen laptop.

2008-07-27 Thread peasthope
Nigel, Progress! SUMMARY According to the outputs from lsmod below, the net effect of alsaconf is to remove snd_hda_intel. So, unless there is more specific advice, I should find how to prevent loading of snd_hda_intel at startup. Odd that removing snd_hda_intel makes sound work! Thanks,

Re: Alsaconf & halting a frozen laptop.

2008-07-25 Thread Nigel Henry
On Friday 25 July 2008 19:52, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > Folk, > > To get the on-board sound device of an IBM NetVista > working I must run alsaconf almost every time Lenny > starts. > > The first viewer of alsaconf mentions > "... testing/sid ... *udev* is predestined to load > your driver." > > Well

Alsaconf & halting a frozen laptop.

2008-07-25 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, To get the on-board sound device of an IBM NetVista working I must run alsaconf almost every time Lenny starts. The first viewer of alsaconf mentions "... testing/sid ... *udev* is predestined to load your driver." Well, seeing that udev fails to load the driver in Lenny, I installed s