Re: [techtalk] sound probs
None of the following are necessarily solutions -- just a couple of thoughts about things you might look at. On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 10:02:54PM -0500, Nicole wrote: > My soundcard won't work in debian, not sure what kind of soundcard I have, > when I boot into windows, all it says is ES1879 Plug and Play Audio Drive. > However, I have the same laptop as a friend, and I copied his conf.modules > file (he is running redhat). My first thought when I read this was: since it's a Plug-n-Play card, are you running isapnp to set it up on boot? [...snip...] > Then, after I remove sound and soundcore and try to modprobe sound I get: > > bash-2.03$ sudo modprobe sound > Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than > /lib/modules/2.2.14/modules.dep This is a strange error, unless you this is the output immediately after you copied over your friend's conf.modules file (i.e. before a reboot). Usually, modules.dep is rebuilt every reboot. If you want to do it manually, the command is 'depmod -a'. > Using /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sound.o > insmod: a module named sound already exists > insmod: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sound.o failed > insmod: insmod sound failed > bash-2.03$ [...snip...] > And here are the relevent lines from /etc/modules.conf: > > alias sound sb > pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1 > alias midi opl3 > options opl3 io=0x388 > options sb io=0x240 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330 This all looks pretty good (assuming you got the various "magic numbers" for io, irq, etc correct). Cheers, Malcolm Tredinnick -- If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Permissions kppp?
What permissions should kppp have? Who should be the owner? I can dialup as root, but if I try to use kppp as a user, it dials, then the ppp deamon "dies unexpectedly". I know that this is in the help file, but I've lost that. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
RE: [techtalk] Really weird computer troubles
what brand of network card do you have in the linux box? this is a long shot, but I was having the worst time getting a ne2000 to work under RH 6.1, apparently RH decided to take out the autoprobe option from the ne2000 kernel module, so it wouldn't detect an ne2000 that wasn't plug-n-praymy ne2000 had jumpers to set everything (IO, irq, etc), but it still wouldn't detect, I found an answer on Red Hat's page, just search for the string ne2000 on the troubleshooting page, they had some steps to try to get the kernel module working, however I just gave up and installed a 3com card, it detected it and has been running happily ever since, and the ne2000 is sitting on the desk gathering dustI guess I'll use it when my wife's network card goes screwy, or if I build another box with an os that supports ne2000's also, I'm assuming that you had the network up and running before, do you have a hub, or was it just a straight cable connection from nic to nic? if the cable is going from nic to nic, did you make the cable yourself? I had the worst time getting the cable from nic to nic to work, finally got it running, then a week later I bought a hub, so I had to switch to straight cable. Brian > -Original Message- > From: Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 9:15 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [techtalk] Really weird computer troubles > > > On Jan 24, Brian Engle conjectured: > > > 1) ping the eth0(internal LAN) address of the linux box > from the linux box > > (this meant the net card is working) > > Did that, several times. Worked. > > > 2) ping your external IP(ppp0) address from the linux box > (this means tcp/ip > > is set up right on the linux box) > > That works, too (when I type the ip number correctly :P ) > > > 3) ping something outside your network (I like to use my > ISP's name server) > > from the linux box (this means everything is right with the > ppp connection) > > That works. > > > 4) ping a hostname, ie. myisp.net, from the linux box (this > means your > > That works fine. > > > 5) ping the eth0(internal LAN) address of the mac from the > mac (this means > > the netcard in the mac works) > > Works. > > > 6) ping the eth0(internal LAN) address of the linux box > from the mac (this > > No chance. This is where the trouble starts. The machines aren't > talking. Pinging from Mac to linux makes the RX light from > the mac's eth > card blink, but not the linux one. > > > 7) ping the mac's eth0(internal LAN) address from the linux > box (while this > > Still no go, but this time *both* RX lights blink. What's > amusing is that > I am using the *exact same firewall script* that I was a > month ago before > I got hacked. It worked then. It *should* work now. > > I skipped these. > > > 8) ping the linux boxes external (ppp0) IP address from the > mac (this means > > the forwarding and tcp/ip are set up correctly) > > 9) ping the IP address of your ISP's primary nameserver > from the mac (the > > result of this is twofold, if you can't get through to the > DNS, we all know > > what happens, but it also tests to make sure the linux box > is forwarding the > > info right) > > 10) ping the hostname of of your ISP, ie. "ping myisp.net" > from the mac > > (this means you've got the nameserver info set up right on the mac) > > > > one other thing of note, based on your second problem with the ppp > > connection, if you're running /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall from > /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > and this is supposed to run after the modem connects, if it > doesn't connect, > > the script will still run, it will just throw out errors > when you try to set > > To clear up confusion: we have one phone line, and only dial > when we want > to go online. The ip forwarding/ipchains starts at boot, not at pppd > start. > > > Conni > > -- > First we go to Three Mile Island, then Chernobyl. It's the Nuclear > Catastrophe Tour! > -Adam W > > http://www2.one-eyed-alien.net/~ccovingt > > http://www.angelfire.com/anime/Galadriel > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Permissions kppp?
I use ppp, but I always sudo to use ppp, i.e. at the command line, type 'sudo pppd' are you can just su to root and then do it. I was under the impression that it is a bad idea to be able to have any user have permissions to ppp. I forget why, I am sure someone told me a while, I am sure something about security. Maybe someone else knows? Nicole On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Sunnanvind wrote: > What permissions should kppp have? > Who should be the owner? > I can dialup as root, but if I try to use kppp as a user, it dials, then the > ppp deamon "dies unexpectedly". > I know that this is in the help file, but I've lost that. > > Sunnan > -- > http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind > I am you. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Newbie question
Can you do anything else while you online? Try telnetting into your ISP. If you get unresolved host, you may need to enter a DNS entry from you ISP this should be placed in /etc/resolv.conf Beverly On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All; > > I'm a linux newbie and have been lurking on this list for a little while. > Hope I don't sound too ignorant. > I have installed and been running Caldera's Open Linux 2.3. > It's been quite the learning experience, but I've managed to get to the point > where I'd like to use the Netscape browser. > I connect successfully to my ISP using kppp but whenever I try to do anything > with Netscape I can't get a name resolution. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Speaking of wierd computer problems
I've been having some odd problems with my keyboard lately. It used to be, when I typed a long string of characters on the command line, or in a text file, and held the backspace key down or an arrow key, it would backspace until I took my finger off of the key. Saturday morning I came down to find my computer turned off, I can only assume my son (8 months old) had inadvertently flipped the power switch, along with whatever non-obvious things have happened. Now when I hold the backspace key down, it erases the character behind the cursor and stops. To delete a whole line, I have to press the backspace key for every character. same for the arrow keys. I haven't done a whole lot of testing, I don't know if it works similary for other characters. The computer dual boots windows, but I haven't booted into windows since this occured, so I don't know if it does the same in windows. So am I missing something really easy? Is it something as simple as a switch on the keyboard, or a BIOS setting, or is it some config file in linux that has been corrupted or altered? It's not really detrimental to the computer, mostly just an inconvenience, especially when I have to backspace an entire command line option, or want to hold pagedn to get to the bottom of a long text file. Oh, if it matters, the box is running RH 6.1, just wondering if anyone else had seen this problem before or knew off the top of their head how to fix it. Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Speaking of wierd computer problems
> press the backspace key for every character. same for the arrow keys. I > haven't done a whole lot of testing, I don't know if it works similary for > other characters. The computer dual boots windows, but I haven't booted into If it does the same for all chars, I'd suspect that your keyboard repeat/refresh/ rate is set to a bogus value (or is set to off). Its usually 1 second or less. (BIOS setting). -Pete [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] sound probs
Your soundcard is an Ensonic 1879. Creative Labs bought Ensonic...good luck finding a driver that worksCreative is not doing legacy support very well. My soundcard won't work in debian, not sure what kind of soundcard I have, when I boot into windows, all it says is ES1879 Plug and Play Audio Drive. However, I have the same laptop as a friend, and I copied his conf.modules file (he is running redhat). here is the output from lsmod: bash-2.03$ lsmod Module Size Used by serial_cs 4992 0 (unused) xirc2ps_cs 13884 1 ds 6536 2 [serial_cs xirc2ps_cs] i82365 28568 2 pcmcia_core50976 0 [serial_cs xirc2ps_cs ds i82365] bash-2.03$ Then, after I remove sound and soundcore and try to modprobe sound I get: bash-2.03$ sudo modprobe sound Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.14/modules.dep Using /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sound.o insmod: a module named sound already exists insmod: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sound.o failed insmod: insmod sound failed bash-2.03$ and then I get: bash-2.03$ lsmod Module Size Used by sound 57388 0 (unused) soundcore 2564 3 [sound] serial_cs 4992 0 (unused) xirc2ps_cs 13884 1 ds 6536 2 [serial_cs xirc2ps_cs] i82365 28568 2 pcmcia_core50976 0 [serial_cs xirc2ps_cs ds i82365] bash-2.03$ And here are the relevent lines from /etc/modules.conf: alias sound sb pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1 alias midi opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 options sb io=0x240 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330 Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Nicole [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] RH6.0 2eth cards
Hey All, I'm having a problem with RH6.0 and was wondering if anyone could help me. I have 2 ethernet cards, the first eth0 uses module (3c509), the second eth1 uses module (hp-plus) which has a dependence on (8390). My conf.modules is set up like so: alias eth0 3c509 alias eth1 hp-plus Upon execution of runlvl 3 it skips pass the 3c509 and loads the hp-plus as eth0. Then during eth1 initialization it fails. Typing lsmod show that the hp card has loaded successfully but not the 3com. If I do a lsmod 3c509 it loads immediately as eth1. I have tried swapping the entries around in /etc/conf.modules to no luck. Also, to compound this some times when switching runlvl's from 3 to 1 to 3 the cards will occasionally load up properly. I can't figure out what the heck is going on here. Sorry this message is so lengthy I wanted to be as detailed as possible. Thanks everyone. Kind Regards, Harry Hoffman Product Systems Specialist Restaurants Unlimited Inc. (206) 634-3082 x. 270 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Permissions kppp?
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:22:45 +0100, Sunnanvind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >What permissions should kppp have? >Who should be the owner? >I can dialup as root, but if I try to use kppp as a user, it dials, then the >ppp deamon "dies unexpectedly". >I know that this is in the help file, but I've lost that. I've never used kppp but pppd needs to be setuid root (mode 4755, owner root) to allow users to run it. Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] MP3's and my laptop
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Terri Oda wrote: > celeron under the hood) using a maestro sound card. It plays CDs > beautifully and seems to have no problem with wav files or anything > else... until I come to mp3's. Winamp skips, as did the other player I > tried in windows, as do mpg123 and xmms under linux... however, windows > media player works beautifully. Another thing to try under linux is xaudio ... it plays the files mpg123 doesn't like (complaining 'bout bad headers etc). just my 0.2$ -- marie [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
RE: [techtalk] Really weird computer troubles
It was taking too long to delete all the unnecessary included lines from my previous message, so: I have a USR sportster 56k ISA modem. It's currently working to connect me through kppp. There's something weird in the chat script, is all I can figure. THe computers are connected through a NetGear EN104TP hub using a cable that was bought new in June. All signs point to the cable/hub/other connections not being at fault. So where the problem lies is somewhere in the ether, most likely. That proverbial place where lost things go. *sigh* Conni -- "My mom lost her eyebrows." "In the war?" http://www2.one-eyed-alien.net/~ccovingt http://www.angelfire.com/anime/Galadriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] RH6.0 2eth cards
What does dmesg say? And you said having alias eth0 hp-plus alias eth1 3c509 ...in /etc/conf.modules fails to brings up both interfaces nicely? wendy [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/25/2000 09:19:12 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: techtalk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc:(Wendy Winslow/HQ/3Com) Subject: [techtalk] RH6.0 2eth cards Hey All, I'm having a problem with RH6.0 and was wondering if anyone could help me. I have 2 ethernet cards, the first eth0 uses module (3c509), the second eth1 uses module (hp-plus) which has a dependence on (8390). My conf.modules is set up like so: alias eth0 3c509 alias eth1 hp-plus Upon execution of runlvl 3 it skips pass the 3c509 and loads the hp-plus as eth0. Then during eth1 initialization it fails. Typing lsmod show that the hp card has loaded successfully but not the 3com. If I do a lsmod 3c509 it loads immediately as eth1. I have tried swapping the entries around in /etc/conf.modules to no luck. Also, to compound this some times when switching runlvl's from 3 to 1 to 3 the cards will occasionally load up properly. I can't figure out what the heck is going on here. Sorry this message is so lengthy I wanted to be as detailed as possible. Thanks everyone. Kind Regards, Harry Hoffman Product Systems Specialist Restaurants Unlimited Inc. (206) 634-3082 x. 270 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] RH6.0 2eth cards
Hey Wendy, dmesg reports failed initialization of eth1. Really nothing more. My conf.modules is exactly as below and still I can't figure it out for the life of me. Manual loading of the 3com works like a charm. Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > What does dmesg say? And you said having > > alias eth0 hp-plus > alias eth1 3c509 > > ...in /etc/conf.modules fails to brings up both interfaces nicely? > Harry Hoffman > Product Systems Specialist > Restaurants Unlimited Inc. > (206) 634-3082 x. 270 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > Harry Hoffman Product Systems Specialist Restaurants Unlimited Inc. (206) 634-3082 x. 270 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Speaking of wierd computer problems
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Brian Engle wrote: > my computer turned off, I can only assume my son (8 months old) had > inadvertently flipped the power switch, My computer was inadvertently off monday morning - the power cord wasn't in properly. You might've had a power failure - is the vcr clock blinking? (Some vcr's have battery clocks...) > text file. Oh, if it matters, the box is running RH 6.1, just wondering if > anyone else had seen this problem before or knew off the top of their head > how to fix it. It's about the repeat rate for the keyboard - I know that you can set it in windows, and I think in kde and gnome, but in the console...? Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] RH6.0 2eth cards
Forgive me for asking the *basic* questions, but where did you put 3c509.o? /lib/modules//net? Also, do you have the interfaces configured on boot-up? What happens when you take the aliases out? Can you compile the drivers into the kernel, or do you have to use modules? Let me know how it goes wendy [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/25/2000 01:06:49 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(Wendy Winslow/HQ/3Com) Subject: Re: [techtalk] RH6.0 2eth cards Hey Wendy, dmesg reports failed initialization of eth1. Really nothing more. My conf.modules is exactly as below and still I can't figure it out for the life of me. Manual loading of the 3com works like a charm. Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > What does dmesg say? And you said having > > alias eth0 hp-plus > alias eth1 3c509 > > ...in /etc/conf.modules fails to brings up both interfaces nicely? > Harry Hoffman > Product Systems Specialist > Restaurants Unlimited Inc. > (206) 634-3082 x. 270 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > Harry Hoffman Product Systems Specialist Restaurants Unlimited Inc. (206) 634-3082 x. 270 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] RH6.0 2eth cards
Hey Wendy, No problem, when the light bulb goes out if you check the fuse box first you might be jumping the gun ;) Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Forgive me for asking the *basic* questions, but where did you put 3c509.o? Yes, the modules are located in the correct directory > /lib/modules//net? Also, do you have the interfaces > configured > on boot-up? What happens when you take the aliases out? The interfaces are configured to go up upon entering runlvl 3. If I talk the aliases out then I will get the standard RH [FAILED] instead of [OK]. >Can you compile > the > drivers into the kernel, or do you have to use modules? The only reason that I want to use modules is that I don't want to recompile the kernel. It's a 486 box with 16M (router). I re-compiled the kernel to strip most on the unnecessary things out when I was done loading RH. It took quite a bit of time in doing so. I will if absolutely neccessary though. I know it's not the card (well supported, I own 3 others, and have swapped them back and forth.). The thing that's driving me nuts is not being able to figure out what the heck is going on here. > > Let me know how it goes > > > wendy I know that someone from RH is active on the list and was wondering is she (Cynthia?) might have any insight. I've checked their pages and can't find anything. Thanks again everyone, Harry Hoffman Product Systems Specialist Restaurants Unlimited Inc. (206) 634-3082 x. 270 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] printer probs with 2.2.13 and lpd
Yup. I live :) So, I upgraded my kernel from 2.0.36 to 2.2.13 (yeah yeah, and this was a few months ago..can we say the cobbler's children go without shoes? ) and the printer quit working. It worked fine previously. In part, this was because the parallel port moved from lp1 to lp0 (why, I dunno), but I fixed that, and I can print ascii directly to the port, but I cannot talk lpd into talking to the printer. lpd will spool jobs, but will not send them onto the printer -- the /var/spool/lpd/lp/status file says : waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?) Since this is a pre IEEE 1284 printer (HP Deskjet 500) I'm not expecting it to clue the computer -- but I've run through the lpd and kernel parport documentation and have no clue how to tell lpd to just send the jobs, without expecting anythign fancy from the printer -- I've tried both enabling and disabling probing in the kernel, and the parallel port is coming up fine. As I've said, I can print directly to the port, so it's definetly not hardware, and I think the parallel port driver is probably working fine. I've tried deleteing everything related and recompiling lpd, but no dice...Ideas? Vinnie (my butt is being kicked my computer. this is *not* acceptable :) ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] printer probs with 2.2.13 and lpd
Does printcap mention the correct port? [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Really weird computer troubles
Excerpts from linuxchix: 24-Jan-100 Re: [techtalk] Really weird.. by Lighthouse t. D. Sun@one > The problem lies somewhere between eth0 (my computer) and eth1 (the mac 4 > feet away). They don't want to talk to each other. Silly machines. Do they know what they are (have the correct ips for themselves and the other silly machine) and how to get there (appropriate route set up)? \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] printer probs with 2.2.13 and lpd
yeah. /etc/printcap looks like (sans comments) lp:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :mx#0:\ :sh:\ :lp=/dev/lp0: and catting to /dev/lp0 works :(... Vinnie On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Laurel Fan wrote: > Does printcap mention the correct port? > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Really weird computer troubles
On Jan 25, Laurel Fan conjectured: > Excerpts from linuxchix: 24-Jan-100 Re: [techtalk] Really weird.. by > Lighthouse t. D. Sun@one > > The problem lies somewhere between eth0 (my computer) and eth1 (the mac 4 > > feet away). They don't want to talk to each other. Silly machines. > > Do they know what they are (have the correct ips for themselves and the > other silly machine) and how to get there (appropriate route set up)? In theory, yes. The rc.local and rc.firewall files are the same ones we used before the hack. So they should work, in theory. All I can think of at this point is that there's something else set up wrong somewhere else. I am pretty sure that I installed the package to talk to macs. Would that make a difference? I can check and see if I did, if that would matter. I don't know why I wouldn't have, since I knew I was going to be talking to the Mac. Conni -- Time does not betray a dream as long as the dream does not betray time. -Leiji Matsumoto, _Eternal_ http://www2.one-eyed-alien.net/~ccovingt http://www.angelfire.com/anime/Galadriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Introduction, and Question
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Re: [techtalk] Introduction, and Question
> I've seen HP units, Compaq units, but those have been generally for HP > Netservers or..well, Compaq I just can't swallow (bad experiences). I heard today that Compaq was going to be putting FreeBSD on their machines.. So soon you can actually purchase a Compaq box loaded with FreeBSD n stuff. So they can't be all bad, now...? By the way, hi. I'm a newbie. I just joined today. But I thought I'd put my two cents in. Forgive me if what I say makes no sense... geektalk is its own dialect of English that I've not mastered yet. Glad to hear the linuxgirlystuff, though... -jenn. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
