James Milligan wrote: > Before you all start hounding me, yes, I do understand that Creative > sound cards have practically no support in Ubuntu versions prior to > Karmic (which I'm told does have support for them). > > I'll start from the very beginning :-) > > Fresh install of 9.04 > Installed Display Driver (nVidia 180) > Updated System (is there a way to get a log of what updates I installed?) > Tried Creative Driver Guide > (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=870001) > > OK, when I get to the sudo make install step (it's the very last one), > it 'completes' it in my eyes, as it then shows me a new line ready to > start typing a new command in. > > The computer locks up after say 2-3 seconds, stays frozen for about 5 > seconds, then hard reboots. > > It's obviously to do with the fact that I've just installed the Creative > drivers (which don't work upon the reboot, they don't appear). So, is it > something that can be fixed and perhaps allow me to get my soundcard > working, or is it because of the fact that it is the sound card having > incompatibilities? > > The sound card has recently been very dodgy in Windows itself, and > that's why I swapped to Ubuntu (the sound didn't work on my previous > installation of 8.10 > 9.04). I'm hoping it isn't the card itself, but > if it is then I guess I'll have to accept it :-) > > Some more specs and info: > > http://community.clantigercommunity.com/topic/rig-my-gaming-rig-28/1#p57 > > http://paste.ubuntu.com/234464/ > > I think that that's everything, but obviously shout at me if I missed > something out. > > If I'd be better off waiting for 9.10 to arrive, then I guess I'll be > happy with that for now. > > Thanks for the help! > > Oh last thing - I remember a thread on here fairly recently about > syncing an iPhone/iPod Touch through VirtualBox (XP) - did someone > mention you had to have a binary package or something from the main > site? I assume that that means I just download the Ubuntu package rather > than the open source version? Thanks! > > James Milligan I knew I'd forget something!
Having a look in the Log File Viewer (syslog), I think that this is the last line just before it crashes. mesh-desktop-ubuntu console-kit-daemon[2612]: WARNING: Couldn't read /proc/2611/environ: Failed to open file '/proc/2611/environ': No such file or directory Hope that helps somewhat. James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
