On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 03:40:47PM -0000, vidhya shankar wrote: > > My system configuration AMD Athlon-64 X2 3600+ 2.01GHz dual core > processor with ASUS motherboard and nVidia GeForce 6100 nForce 430 > videocard and nVidia MCP61P chipset for soundcard and ethernet. I have > a dual boot configuration with Windows XP SP2 in 'C' drive and Debian > 40r0 in 'I' drive. > > My problem is that there is no audio and audio does not work even > though in system components I find my soundcard recognised with > forcedeth driver. Whenever I start any audio software, it says that > there are no gstreamer devices or plugins found. This problem I have > faced in almost all Linux Distributions including Debian 40r0, open > SUSE 10.2, Mandriva 2007 spring edition. Only in Ubuntu 7.04 I was > able to get sound, but there were other problems like I could not get > the GUI even in Live mode. The point is audio does not work in any of > these Linux distributions. How do I make my system to recognise my > audio devices and make the audio work.
You need to install the alsa packages and run alsaconf, then raise the volume on the channels you need with alsa-mixer (they come muted by default). > > My second problem is that I have to configure the ethernet card > everytime I start my system and boot into Linux. This problem I faced > with every Linux Installation. The previous configuration of ethernet > card with the IP address, Gateway address and DNS address does not > work. But when I configure this aftet I have booted I am able to > access the internet. So how can I fix this problem? > How have you been configuring the ethernet? If you just use ifconfig directly, of course it doesn't remember. You need to set up /etc/network/interfaces then type #ifup -a > My third problem is only with Debian. Whenever I access other > partitions on my hard drive except the one in which I have installed > the Linux, it says that permission not granted and whenever I see the > properties for these partitions I see that they are not mounted. What > can I do about this? Is this a bug in Debian or I have not configured > my desktop properly? Send us a copy of your /etc/fstab. You need an entry for all the partitions in there with a user option so that you don't have to be root and do it manually all the time. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]