Linux-Misc Digest #68, Volume #21 Sun, 18 Jul 99 07:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: Converting Windows fonts to X/Gnome (ryan)
Re: Changing 'issue' & 'issue.net' with Mandrake? (Yorkshire UK (God's County))
Re: kppp and Netscape (Can't connect) ("Viper")
Re: Converting Windows fonts to X/Gnome ("R.K.Aa")
Re: kppp and Netscape (Can't connect) (Jim Fuller)
Re: Converting Windows fonts to X/Gnome ("R.K.Aa")
Bogomips wrong? (Birk bremer)
Re: sin + cos in C (Stephen Chadfield)
Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote! (Martin Boening)
Re: logging in is very slow (Leonard Evens)
Re: RedHat 6.0 instability (Leonard Evens)
Re: Legal file and directory names (Matthias Benkmann)
Re: AIWA TD-8000? (John Thompson)
Re: CIA assassinations (Richard Kulisz)
Re: [Help] PPP connection (Stephen Chadfield)
Re: CIA assassinations (Richard Kulisz)
Re: CIA assassinations (Richard Kulisz)
Squid + Junkbuster??? HELP!!! (RaZoR)
Re: Slackware problem... (Andrei A. Dergatchev)
Re: Slackware problem... (Unigni)
Re: Sound Problem (ryan)
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From: ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Converting Windows fonts to X/Gnome
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 03:43:24 -0400
"R.K.Aa" wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I am tasked with converting the huge supply of
> > fonts we use on the Windows machines, to XWindows.
> > Most are TrueType fonts. I have seen a special
> > font server, thought I was wondering if there was
> > an app to convert them to X's native format(s). So
> > far nothing useful on Freshmeat or by pouring
> > through Google and Altavista. TIA,
>
> I would recommend that you first test using xfsft or the "quicker"
> solution xfstt provide. Why convert when you can use tt-fonts direct.
>
> However, for converting purposes...(if you really insist):
>
> http://www.mindspring.net/~john_mcl/adding_fonts.html
>
> Applets, scripts and procedure is explained in a slightly different
> context as this is a page covering how to get tt-fonts to work with
> StarOffice, but the procedure would be the one you're looking for.
>
> Note: RH6 comes with xfsft built into the x fontserver (xfs) and the
> task of enabling truetype fonts has become quite painless - i have an
> old "step by step" posting handy if you want it.
>
> K.
I could use the step by step guide, if you don't mind. I'm using
Mandrake 6.0 but it should be close to RedHat 6.0. I have hundreds of
TrueType fonts that I could use.
Thanks,
Ryan T. Rhea
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yorkshire UK (God's County))
Subject: Re: Changing 'issue' & 'issue.net' with Mandrake?
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 07:27:31 GMT
On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 06:51:31 -0400, ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I just installed the new Mandrake 6.0 distribution (which, by the way,
>is very complete, and Is my new favorite over RedHat 6.0, Slackware 4.0,
>SuSE 6.1, and OpenLinux 2.2).
>
>I have basically been able to find my way configuring Mandrake, since it
>is based on the familiar RedHat dist. However, I cannot seem to make
>the login screens change for good. I have edited the files 'issue' and
>'issue.net', and if I logout and back in (either with getty or telnet,
>rlogin, etc) I can see the successful change. However, as soon as I
>reboot, the edited files get wiped out completely and replaced with the
>originals.
>
>I have dug through '/etc' with no luck finding any hidden '.issue' (like
>in OpenLinux). There must be a script somewhere though - and where are
>the original files being stored?
>
>Anyone who has delt with this and can help please e-mail
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Ryan T. Rhea
>
I believe i saw something that did this when i was messing about in
/etc/rc.d it may have been in rc.local although i'm not 100% sure
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From: "Viper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.windows.x.kde,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: kppp and Netscape (Can't connect)
Date: 18 Jul 1999 07:44:43 GMT
> >How many Windoze machines do you know of with 365+ day uptimes? Did you
> know
> >that it's literally impossible for a Win'95 machine to run longer than
57
> >days?
>
> Like anything else, you have to put things into perspective, it's how
the
> machine is set up and how the hardware is configured. I'm sure there are
> machines that run longer than 57 days. Who can really say?
ANY win95 computer wihh crash after 57 days! It's a known problem!
> My Windoze
> machine doesn't give me as much problems as most people would expect.
I'm
> content with it.
Well, try to make a simple program with some bug! The most probable thing
to happen is to crash windows!
I'm very fammiliar wuth the "blue screen of death", it happends 1 a day :-)
Viper
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From: "R.K.Aa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Converting Windows fonts to X/Gnome
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 09:17:43 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am tasked with converting the huge supply of
> fonts we use on the Windows machines, to XWindows.
> Most are TrueType fonts. I have seen a special
> font server, thought I was wondering if there was
> an app to convert them to X's native format(s). So
> far nothing useful on Freshmeat or by pouring
> through Google and Altavista. TIA,
I would recommend that you first test using xfsft or the "quicker"
solution xfstt provide. Why convert when you can use tt-fonts direct.
However, for converting purposes...(if you really insist):
http://www.mindspring.net/~john_mcl/adding_fonts.html
Applets, scripts and procedure is explained in a slightly different
context as this is a page covering how to get tt-fonts to work with
StarOffice, but the procedure would be the one you're looking for.
Note: RH6 comes with xfsft built into the x fontserver (xfs) and the
task of enabling truetype fonts has become quite painless - i have an
old "step by step" posting handy if you want it.
K.
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From: Jim Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.windows.x.kde,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: kppp and Netscape (Can't connect)
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 01:57:46 -0600
Viper wrote:
>
> > >How many Windoze machines do you know of with 365+ day uptimes? Did you
> > know
> > >that it's literally impossible for a Win'95 machine to run longer than
> 57
> > >days?
> >
> > Like anything else, you have to put things into perspective, it's how
> the
> > machine is set up and how the hardware is configured. I'm sure there are
> > machines that run longer than 57 days. Who can really say?
>
> ANY win95 computer wihh crash after 57 days! It's a known problem!
>
> > My Windoze
> > machine doesn't give me as much problems as most people would expect.
> I'm
> > content with it.
>
> Well, try to make a simple program with some bug! The most probable thing
> to happen is to crash windows!
> I'm very fammiliar wuth the "blue screen of death", it happends 1 a day :-)
>
> Viper
Which only goes to prove that a sufficiently incompetent administrator
can crash any OS.
As for the 57 days, I have had WinNT systems running for months without
failure, reboot, or crashes. I am competent.
As a server, Unix, including even the Linux imitation, still beats
WinNT.
--
Jim Fuller
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From: "R.K.Aa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Converting Windows fonts to X/Gnome
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:04:43 +0200
ryan wrote:
>
> "R.K.Aa" wrote:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > I am tasked with converting the huge supply of
[snippety snippety snipp]
> I could use the step by step guide, if you don't mind. I'm using
> Mandrake 6.0 but it should be close to RedHat 6.0. I have hundreds of
> TrueType fonts that I could use.
And here a walk-through on xfstt - the other "main" tt-server:
xfstt - found at ftp://ftp.metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts/
In the Makefile for xfstt a default path to your windows fonts is given.
Modify the relevant line to reflect where your Windows disk is mounted,
if you want to use the fonts located there. (they're in
/whatevermount/windows/fonts) Then "make" and (as root) "make install".
Then - as whoever you want to - fom the commandlike run:
xfstt &
Now WAIT... some 4 seconds BEFORE starting X, so xfstt gets time to
unwind :)
The very first time you start it, start with xfstt --synch, to let it
create a database of installed fonts. Synchronizing is only required
when xfstt needs to know about added or removed fonts.
After X is started - with startx or what you use - you must set a
fontpath that xfstt will find fonts at. xfstt doesn't cooperate with the
native xfs fontserver. Write:
xset fp+ unix/:7101
This tells X that there's an additional fp = fontpath found at that
port. Since xfstt runs independantly of xfs, the command "chkfontpath"
does not affect it.
The included FAQ has tips on how to start xfstt at boot time.
K.
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From: Birk bremer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bogomips wrong?
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:01:02 +0200
Hi!
I have two computer systems, a AMD K6II 350 and a PIII 450
at /proc/cpuinfo the PIII shows only 110 and the K6II
has 699.6.
Can this numer be correct or is there a problem with linux
(suse 6.1) and a PIII. I also have the feeling that the PIII
IS slower than the other one
CU Birk
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From: Stephen Chadfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sin + cos in C
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 09:52:43 +0100
Gergo Barany wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stephen Chadfield wrote:
> >Glitch wrote:
> >>
> >> any reason why we have 2 more responses than neeeded?
> >
> >You don't understand how newsgroups work, do you?
>
> Part of using newsgroups is the ability to foresee which questions will
> get many responses, and to not answer them.
Unfortunately, nobody has ported a psychic newsreader to Linux yet...
--
Stephen Chadfield
http://www.aquamarine.demon.co.uk/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Boening)
Subject: Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote!
Date: 8 Jul 1999 18:23:32 GMT
Hi there,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ('Wulff) writes:
>>and being a canuck, you probably say aboot when you mean about ;-)
>I gotta ask......Where does everyone get this "aboot" stuff from?
Sure don't know - seems more Scottish to me. Or is it Scotch?
I'll have to consult the definite guide to Canajun English to check
on that one (Canajun, eh? its called). :-)
Have fun,
Martin
--
Martin Boening, MB3792 | EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SBS SCN VAS, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, D-81739 Muenchen (Perlach), Germany
Phone: +49 896 364 2904 FAX: +49 893 365 1031
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: logging in is very slow
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 22:31:12 -0500
scable wrote:
>
> I'm running RH6.0 Frequently (about one in four times) when I power up
> my machine and log in under my personal account, getting from the little
> login window to a full desktop takes a long time -- as much as five
> minutes. I give it my name and password; the window goes away leaving
> only the RH logo on the screen; and then it just sits there for several
> minutes before anything else comes up. This only happens with my
> personal account. It never happens with the root account and it never
> happens with a second user account I have on the machine. Anybody know
> what to do about this?
>
> (I tried increasing my swap space, so i now have 127meg of swap and
> 64meg real memory, but it did no good.)
>
> Thanks.
This is a known problem with the session manager. It has
been reported to the gnome project, but they haven't fixed
it yet. It seems to be sporadic, so it may be difficult
to replicate. I have the problem on a laptop but not
on two desktop machines I use which also have RedHat 6.0.
I installed a relatively recent version of the gnome-core
package, but it didn't help.
If you look at the file .xsession-errors before logging
out, you will probably see complaints about authentication
and MIT MAGIC COOKIES.
In my case, it seems to happen almost without fail immediately
after I've rebooted, but only if I login as an ordinary user,
not if I login as root. And it does not happen thereafter.
I just use Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to get out as soon as it clear
what is happening. This logs me out and I login again without
trouble.
It could have something to do with the gnome settings for
the user.
You can try posting your error with at www.gnome.org. If
they get enough different examples, it might help them
locate the source of the problem.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.0 instability
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 22:54:50 -0500
Sean Harding wrote:
>
> Has anyone had problems with stability in RedHat 6.0? I'm having quite a
> bit of trouble with programs randomly crashing (usually without a core
> dump, so there's no way to see what happened) on my machine. The computer
> is a PII 350, 128 MB RAM, Asus motherboard, one 4GB IDE disk, 256 MB of
> swap. It's a work machine, and came with Win95 installed. I used windows on
> it for about 2 days before I got a chance to install something else (choosing
> RedHat 6.0 only because it was the most readily available CD at the moment).
> Windows didn't seem to have any problems, but I also barely used it
> during that time. So, the idea of a hardware problem is *not* out of the
> question, but I wanted to bounce this off some other folks to see if anyone
> has seen similar problems.
>
> Basically, the programs will just "go away." Sometimes it's a seg fault,
> sometimes I don't get any error. When compiling thigs, I have problems
> like internal compiler errors (using both the egcs that came with it and
> a gcc 2.8.1 I installed). Sometimes I'll leave it xlocked and come back
> to find it at the login screen, with nothing in the logs and no other
> evidence of what has happened. Now, I've seen this kind of thing with
> an overheating CPU (the fan had failed), but a cursory inspection doesn't
> show that problem here.
>
> This problem is made worse by the fact that this is my primary workstation
> right now, I don't really have time to wipe it and install something else,
> and our corporate deskside suppork folk won't even look at it in the context
> of hardware problems unless they can see the problem in windows. *sigh*
>
> Any thoughts? TIA.
>
> sean
It could of course be almost everything. Try checking the
integrity of your packages, particularly those having to
do with compiling programs and libraries. Use the
rpm -V packagename
command.
Make sure you run it as root since it requires permission
to read various things to work properly. You may get some
innocuous complaints but if you have various files missing
or anything else looking fishy, you can try reinstalling
the offending packages.
I hoep someone else will have more specific suggestions.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Benkmann)
Subject: Re: Legal file and directory names
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:22:39 GMT
>directory of user "something". Also, an initial octothorpe (that's what
>the "#" character is officially called)
Wow, "Octothorpe" sounds like some cool AD&D fantasy monster. Where'd
you read about it? MSB
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: AIWA TD-8000?
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 21:50:08 -0600
Ron Gibson wrote:
>
> Has anyone had any experience with the AIWA TD-8000 SCSI connected tape
> backup unit? It's a Travan unit but has a SCSI connection. How would
> that be handled under Linux. It's not a floppy unit but neither is it a
> DAT SCSI unit. IOW, will it work?
It should work fine. I have an Exabyte QIC SCSI tape drive
on my other machine and it required no special handling.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: 18 Jul 1999 10:38:56 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Holy Cow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Matthias Warkus wrote:
>> Normally, the poor aren't poor by their own fault, and the rich
>> haven't become rich by their own initiative. So it's logical to take
>> the money that the rich don't need and normally wouldn't have and give
>> it to the poor who would normally have it.
>That's an awful lot of absolute statements. Why would I accept any of
>that?
Because they're correct, and even conservative economists agree on that.
The idea that you can have 100% employment is only believed by extreme
left-wing economists, so the rest accept that you should redistribute
income after it's acquired.
Further, even if all the above is incorrect; a dollar in the hand of
a poor person is *not* the same as in the hand of a rich person since
there is a large difference between buying necessities like food &
clothing, and buying a second car. In order to maximize global happiness
or Utility, you have to redistribute until everyone has an equal amount
of wealth.
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From: Stephen Chadfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Help] PPP connection
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:33:16 +0100
Vu N Dang wrote:
>
> Is it possible if I want to get dial and make a PPP connection to my ISP
> automatically after I boot my machine up - before the login prompt appear?
Why is it important that the connection is made before the login prompt
appears?
--
Stephen Chadfield
http://www.aquamarine.demon.co.uk/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: 18 Jul 1999 10:43:05 GMT
In article <7mqu99$3b74$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
James A Hunsaker IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I love it when people that don't have a clue portray themselves as
>economists, philosophers, theologans, ... oh well ... at least you're not on
>tv.
This is Usenet, exactly what *do* you expect? Maybe you could enlightennd
us all with your own insights into the subjects?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: 18 Jul 1999 10:46:50 GMT
In article <7mpvro$c6i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stefaan A Eeckels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <7mpk1a$dj3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz) writes:
>> And you might want to read up on Marxism before you declare it's bullshit;
>> it's had enormous appeal for millions of oppressed people so it must be
>> doing *something* right.
>Maybe making promises that can't be kept?
That's certainly what anti-Marxists (which includes many people who
/call/ themselves Marxist and/or communist) maintain.
>BTW, christianity also had/has enourmous appeal for millions
>of oppressed people. Does that mean it's also doing something
>right?
It means that before I declared it was all bullshit, I found out
the nature of what I was condemning.
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From: RaZoR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Squid + Junkbuster??? HELP!!!
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 09:59:48 +0000
Hey guys :-)
I have RH 6 installed on my P2 266 64 RAM.
I've been using Junkbuster for a while and it works great, but now i've
decided to set up Squid too and enable them both, so they can work
together.
On the Junkbuster's page they tell you how to enable squid and
junkbuster to work this way:
Browser ---> Junkbuster ----> Squid ------> WWW
But this way squid caches all ads anyway, and i lose bandwidth (the
only reason i use Junkbuster, so i don't need to waster my bandwidth on
these ads.
So I want to set Junkbuster and Squid this way (if it's possible):
Browser ---> Squid ----> Junkbuster ------> WWW
This way Junkbuster will filter out all ads, and then Squid will cache
all the rest.
Is it possible to do it?
Please tell me how.
Thanx in advance guys :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei A. Dergatchev)
Subject: Re: Slackware problem...
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:58:10 GMT
Hi,
Just curious - what's your HDD/motherboard ?
As for a choice of bootdisk - what about no_pci.i,
just to try ?
Good luck a please write what you'll get with 4.0 :-) !
Rgds,
Andrei
>I've tried the installation again with the bare.i and text.gz boot/root
>disks, and exactly the same thing happens again (it stopped after about
>three and a half minutes). I'll try getting Slackware 4 and see if that
>fixes anything...
>--
>Philip Taylor
>philip @ zaynar . demon . co . uk
>http://www.zaynar.demon.co.uk/atr - Programming robots!
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From: Unigni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slackware problem...
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 09:16:26 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Unigni
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Andrei A.
>Dergatchev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>Hi,
>>[...]
>>> I put in all
>>>the boot and root disks,
>>[...]
>>
>>Huh, myself I installed Slack only on 3 PCs and never
>>saw anything like that. Just to clarify - do you mean
>>that you tried various boot disks images (*.i or *.s files
>>in /bootdsks) ? Maybe bare.i (or <some>.s) doesn't
>>work for you and you need to try something else ?
>>Just a thought.
>
>I think I worded it wrongly - I only use one boot disk and one root
>disk, and not all the different possible disk images... Sorry if I
>confused you :-) I'm not sure what boot disk it is (I think the root
>disk is the "color" one) so I might actually try some others - since I'm
>installing from the hard disk, perhaps I ought to use bare.i...
I've tried the installation again with the bare.i and text.gz boot/root
disks, and exactly the same thing happens again (it stopped after about
three and a half minutes). I'll try getting Slackware 4 and see if that
fixes anything...
--
Philip Taylor
philip @ zaynar . demon . co . uk
http://www.zaynar.demon.co.uk/atr - Programming robots!
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From: ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Problem
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 06:20:51 -0400
Brinley wrote:
> hello people,
>
> my sound worked before then it mysteriously stopped working and i dont
> remember doing any thing wrong.
> Here are the logs when i tried to play a sound file,
>
> Jul 18 15:05:49 jan modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-0
>
> Jul 18 15:05:49 jan modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> sound-service-0-3
>
> this is lsmod after modprobing sound and sb
>
> Module Size Used by
> adlib_card 552 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> opl3 10728 0 (autoclean) [adlib_card]
> sb 31028 0 (unused)
> uart401 5576 0 [sb]
> sound 55460 0 [adlib_card opl3 sb uart401]
> soundlow 208 0 [sound]
> soundcore 2084 6 [sb sound]
> serial 41940 1 (autoclean)
> memstat 1352 0 (unused)
> nls_iso8859-1 2024 1 (autoclean)
>
> anyone have anyidea what went wrong?
Are you using any OSS or OSS free drivers? They time out. I doesn't
really look like you are from the lsmod. Have you recompiled the kernel
lately? You could have replaced/removed your modules by accident. Maybe a
courrupt filesystem from a dirty shutdown is the culprit. Have you tried
replacing the sound-slot 0?
Ryan T. Rhea
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