Re: debian-alsa bug?

will work for you too. > -- Wendy Leigh Vandoolaeghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

debian-alsa bug?

Hi i'm trying to use alsa (alsa - alsa-base package) as my sound driver on a Dell Inspiron 8600, but nothing works. I've even compiled a new kernel 2.6.9, hoping that it would mysteriously fix the bug. When i run alsaconf it seems to be just fine, but i don't get any sound from any sound applicat

Re: sound structure on a Dell inspiron 8600

Hi thanks for the comments and help. firstly, as far as i can tell no /dev/dsp0 or similar is made...so unfortunately the problem won't be solved with a symlink. secondly: You should not have to create anything in /dev, but I have often had to chmod 666 /dev/snd/* /dev/ami* /dev/adsp* to let

sound structure on a Dell inspiron 8600

Hi All, recently i was forced to do a debian re-installation from scratch, for my Dell laptop. 2.6.8-1-686 #1 Thu Nov 25 04:34:30 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux The sound wasn't working perfectly, so I installed (with wajig) all the alsa modules. and then *hurray* the sound for the cd player, dvd playe

Cannot boot Dell inspiron GRUB error

hi All i have a very annoying problem that i need urgent help with. the background: I have a Dell inspiron 8600 with a Debian partition, Windows XP partition and the usual Dellutility FAT. I wanted to resize my partitions and used partition magic 8.1. i made sure no applications were running a

Re: accessing other partition

thanks for this advice during stressful times. worked. :) When you use mount you either have to tell it enough information to mount the device or it will look in /etc/fstab for clues. You will need to have ntfs support (read-only) either compiled into your kernel or the module loaded and then t

Re: accessing other partition

thanks for this advice during stressful times. worked. :) When you use mount you either have to tell it enough information to mount the device or it will look in /etc/fstab for clues. You will need to have ntfs support (read-only) either compiled into your kernel or the module loaded and then tell

accessing other partition

Hi i have two partitions on my Dell Inspiron 8600, and would now wish to copy files from the Windows partition to the linux side, so that i can make the windows partition minimally small. how do i mount the Windows partition? I thought i could just mount the ntfs partition as /dev/hda2. but th

Re: Dell Inspiron 8600

Hi I have been having problems with sound and recording etc. For example, on startup cd player works perfectly, but XMMS does not (on the ALSA plugin setting). If I change it to the OSS setting it does work. Also I if want to play a DVD with totem player I get no sound, and I see no way of cha

accessing other partition

Hi i have two partitions on my Dell Inspiron 8600, and would now wish to copy files from the Windows partition to the linux side, so that i can make the windows partition minimally small. how do i mount the Windows partition? I thought i could just mount the ntfs partition as /dev/hda2. but that

Re: Dell Inspiron 8600

Hi I have been having problems with sound and recording etc. For example, on startup cd player works perfectly, but XMMS does not (on the ALSA plugin setting). If I change it to the OSS setting it does work. Also I if want to play a DVD with totem player I get no sound, and I see no way of chang

Re: Dell 8600 gdm startup problem

Thanks, adding psmouse to /etc/modules seems to work.:) On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Frans Pop wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 20 September 2004 22:21, Wendy Leigh Vandoolaeghe wrote: Sorry... the last bit of the /var/log/XFree86.0.log says the following

Re: Dell 8600 gdm startup problem

Thanks, adding psmouse to /etc/modules seems to work.:) On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Frans Pop wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 20 September 2004 22:21, Wendy Leigh Vandoolaeghe wrote: Sorry... the last bit of the /var/log/XFree86.0.log says the following: (**) Configured

Re: Dell 8600 gdm startup problem

failed to initialize core devices (my mouse - the inbuilt one - never gave a problem before. in fact, it worked straight after the first debian installation.) On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 02:41:17PM +0100, Wendy Leigh Vandoolaeghe wrote: Hi my laptop battery ran out of power whilst I was in X m

Re: Dell 8600 gdm startup problem

iled to initialize core devices (my mouse - the inbuilt one - never gave a problem before. in fact, it worked straight after the first debian installation.) On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 02:41:17PM +0100, Wendy Leigh Vandoolaeghe wrote: Hi my laptop battery ran out of power whilst I was in X mode (using g

Dell 8600 gdm startup problem

Hi my laptop battery ran out of power whilst I was in X mode (using gdm not xdm). When I rebooted, it failed to start the Xserver. how can i fix the problem? (am using XFree86 version 4.3.0.1(Debian 4.30.dfsg.1-4.2040529113443)) cheers wendy

Dell 8600 gdm startup problem

Hi my laptop battery ran out of power whilst I was in X mode (using gdm not xdm). When I rebooted, it failed to start the Xserver. how can i fix the problem? (am using XFree86 version 4.3.0.1(Debian 4.30.dfsg.1-4.2040529113443)) cheers wendy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: Dell Inspiron 8600

Thanks for all the help rw1 root audio 14, 3 2004-07-20 22:01 /dev/dsp0 > That looks correct now. However, my advise would be to first try if you can get any sound from the command line. Do you have any packages installed that go with your sound drivers (like alsa-base an

Re: Dell Inspiron 8600

Thanks for all the help rw1 root audio 14, 3 2004-07-20 22:01 /dev/dsp0 > That looks correct now. However, my advise would be to first try if you can get any sound from the command line. Do you have any packages installed that go with your sound drivers (like alsa-base and als

Re: Dell Inspiron 8600

Hi thanks for the help. ls -l /dev/dsp crw-rw1 root audio 14, 3 2002-03-14 14:51 /dev/dsp I get lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2004-07-20 22:01 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp and when I want to adduser wlv to audio it seems that wlv is already part of audio. furthermore, I can us

Re: Dell Inspiron 8600

Hi thanks for the help. ls -l /dev/dsp crw-rw1 root audio 14, 3 2002-03-14 14:51 /dev/dsp I get lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2004-07-20 22:01 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp and when I want to adduser wlv to audio it seems that wlv is already part of audio. furthermore, I can use soundr

Re: Dell Inspiron 8600

hi thanks for the help. 2. i have a problem with recording. I want to use GnomeMeeting for example, but can't get the microphone to work. I am able to listen to CD's and mp3's...don't exactly know how to fix this. What about "rec" ? And try to see mixer settings for recording source. i've pl

Re: Dell Inspiron 8600

hi thanks for the help. 2. i have a problem with recording. I want to use GnomeMeeting for example, but can't get the microphone to work. I am able to listen to CD's and mp3's...don't exactly know how to fix this. What about "rec" ? And try to see mixer settings for recording source. i've played ar