Fred Frigerio wrote:
> Did you look at modules.conf? (I think that's what it's called) sndconf
> should have made a backup of it. That was all that was needed to take
> that OPL3 module out (I think).
>
> Fred
That was my thinking--edited it to three lines with no sound --didn't seem
to matter
Civ
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 2:41 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [expert] NOT Autostart/Template
> >
> >
> > I was installing one of the last migrations yesterday. Almost all our
> > computers here now run linux and StarOffice instead of
> > Windows/MSOffice/ClarisWorks etc. The one I was working on was the
> > Borough Clerk who was resistant to the idea of switching OSes, mainly
> > because she had over 800 files in ClarisWorks and no
> > conversion program
> > save Claris itself --having to read fiiles in Claris, and save them as
> > Richest Text Format.
> >
> > I gave her a macro key to simplify procedures so all she would have to
> > do is hit f9 and click on the file name and Claris would do the rest,
> > but still the conversions are nowhere near complete. I made hers
> > dual-boot with a copy of Win98 that knows nothing of how the
> > network is
> > rigged and has no internet connection route.
> >
> > Well, we set up the computer, changed the user number and group number
> > of the files in her home directory to match the workgroup
> > server, set up
> > nfs shares, set up dos shares, installed StarOffice, installed Acrobat
> > reader, installed WordPerfect, added icons, applinks and mimelinks and
> > mime types so SO would pop up when someone clicked on an msword file,
> > and Acroreader would open when someone clicked on a *.pdf
> > file (and not
> > PS Viewer). Then an extra hdd was added /dev/hdd and all her
> > old *.cwk
> > files were saved there. More mounts were created to allow dos to open
> > under her user and group number on both her dual boot disk
> > and the added
> > hdd in rw mode.
> >
> > The time was getting long, but everything was going well. Now
> > Webmin-0.74 was put into place to allow future updates to be
> > set up from
> > a different seat. And we were almost done.
> >
> > I ran sndconfig in single mode and I got a very sluggish
> > Linus. In fact
> > he was recorded at 78 and played back at 33-1/3.
> >
> > Oops. Not a great sound card. No problem. I popped it out and tried
> > another. Now I got an error message about /lib/modules/misc/opl3.so2:
> > init: or words to that effect.
> >
> > pnpdump, and rm came to mind and were applied. conf.modules
> > was edited.
> >
> > Still trying to load the module and init.... The ghost of the Yamaha
> > chipset was with me.
> >
> > Restart--Wow--tried to load during boot Well, where is it
> > coming from?
> >
> > SysV init used to move all sound startups to inactive. And STILL we
> > have the opl3 trying to load....
> >
> > Now it looks like I need something to find text in a text file, if it
> > IS text in a text file.... I look at the clock... This is taking too
> > long.
> >
> > Her /dev/hda is like this
> >
> > /dev/hda1 /dos #810 Mb vfat
> > /dev/hda2 /boot #23 Mb
> > /dev/hda3 swap #120 Mb
> > /dev/hda5 /usr #1200 Mb Acrobat reader is here,
> > #also all the new applinks
> > and mimelinks (templates for loading)
> > /dev/hda6 / #200 Mb
> > /dev/hda7 /var #54 Mb
> > /dev/hda8 /tmp #54 Mb
> > /dev/hda9 /root #54 Mb
> > /dev/hda10 /opt # 508 Mb WP here and SO main files
> > here for net install
> > /dev/hda11 /usr/local # 508 Mb WebMin is here
> > /dev/hda12 /home #580 Mb Special mounts and
> > Workstation
> > installs
> > /dev/hdd1 /home/valarie/mywindowsfiles #3G vfat
> >
> > So what to do?
> >
> > I dropped in the Mandrake 6.1 Install CD and did a shutdown -r now
> >
> > When it came up, I called for a new install
> >
> > I used Disk Druid to put the mount map back in
> > and I called for a format of / ONLY, and the packages I had installed
> > before.
> >
> > 7 minutes later I was using linuxconf to configure the two dos and two
> > nfs mounts, then I ran sndconfig on an Ensoniq 1371 and was done. I
> > double-checked mime types, permissions, etc. All seemed to be
> > preserved, but the opl3 ghost module was gone.
> >
> > I suppose I could have found the problem in time, but the
> > time it would
> > have taken .... Well, the careful planning of the job paid off in an
> > unexpected way.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > *****L I N U X*****
> > *Behold the new and friendly face of world domination*
> > *Time is on our side* ***LLaP***
> >
> >
> >
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*****L I N U X*****
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*Time is on our side* ***LLaP***
