Linux-Setup Digest #387, Volume #21 Wed, 6 Jun 01 19:13:16 EDT
Contents:
Re: Problem with Mouse Detection on Red Hat Linux 7.1 (J Hayward)
changing the time?? (hoffy)
Re: Mandrake 8 common /mnt/cdrom locked prob (sleepy)
Could symlinks prevent /mnt/cdrom access (sleepy)
Re: Problem with Mouse Detection on Red Hat Linux 7.1 ("Tommy")
Re: AC'97 sound chips on board - no sound in RedHat 7.0 ("Ernest Hammerschmidt")
newbie - /dev/hda3 contains file system errors... ("Bob Bourne")
Re: newbie - /dev/hda3 contains file system errors... ("Jason")
Re: Netscape - How Can I Install/Run? ("Gregory D. Horne")
Re: Problem with Mouse Detection on Red Hat Linux 7.1 (J Hayward)
Fat32 partition missing... Help! ("Luminescent")
Re: Problem with Mouse Detection on Red Hat Linux 7.1 ("Tommy")
Re: changing the time?? (Matthew Lybanon)
Re: Fat32 partition missing... Help! (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Re: newbie - /dev/hda3 contains file system errors... ("Bob Bourne")
Newbie: Browser checkboxes not working? (Les Hartzman)
Re: Fat32 partition missing... Help! ("Luminescent")
Re: RH7.1 and SoundBlaster Live! ("kyi")
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From: J Hayward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with Mouse Detection on Red Hat Linux 7.1
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 13:27:40 -0700
Hello,
Video card? Is this an upgrade and from what?
Look in /etc/X11.
Is there a symlink X pointing to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86?
Is your XF86Config-4 file there? Is it correct? Is it corrupted?
Regards,
Jim H
Tommy wrote:
> Thanks... I just checked that after reading your mail but it never gets
> created for some reason. I can't seem to figure out why.
>
> When I run startx it says "creating new authority file
> /home/tmartin/.Xauthority
>
> execve failed for /etc/X11/x (errorno 2)
> xinit: unexpected signal 2
>
>
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From: hoffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: changing the time??
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 11:32:20 -0500
It seems like I shouldn't have to come here for help on this but I just
don't feel like spending hours on just changing the time of the day.
I am so used to Windows that I guess I have convinced myself that
seemingly petty little tasks such as this should be easy in Linux. I am
finding otherwise, I think.
I just installed a new Debian system on one of my disks. I specifically
remember the install program asking me about setting the time. Well,
I thought I followed its instructions correctly. In fact, I remember it
saying that if I selected GMT it would correct the time according to the
time zone I selected. I am using GNOME and in the "task bar" (is it
still called that in Linux?) it is giving me the wrong time. Does
anyone know how you change that? I feel stupid asking this but when you
select properties on the clock it just gives you the option of 12 hour
or 24 hour display of time. Obviously this is no help when the time is
wrong in the first place. I don't know of any Linux command to change
the time. Am I missing something here? How many hoops do I have to
jump through just to change the freaking time??
Feeling very stupid/vunerable/ignorant/embarressed/pissed!!
hoffy
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From: sleepy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 8 common /mnt/cdrom locked prob
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 20:27:07 GMT
Dave Uhring wrote:
> sleepy wrote:
>
>> Ok. Here's 64 dollar question. There is a permission problem with my
>> cdroms. In Mandrake 8.0, the cdroms are supermounted (automount) for
>> all
>> practical purposes. I get little green icons telling me that they are
>> mounted but I can't access them (GUI or command line). In the GUI
>> file browser Konquerer there are locks on my cdrom(IDE Plexwriter) and
>> cdrom2(IDE Kenwood 42x). They both worked great until I tried to do
>> some scsi emulation b.s. (I just call it that because it's been
>> problematic
>> lately) . That didn't work and I restored my old fstab (to get rid of
>> the
>> scd0 device link. Since then I can't access them. Here's where it
>> gets
>> weird. I created new folders in /mnt called plexcdrom and kenwood and
>> changed my fstab to reflect that. Upon reboot, the cdrom and cdrom2
>> folders were unlocked, but as you could imagine due to fstab, my
>> cdrom's
>> were not there. They were linked to /mnt/plexcdrom and /mnt/kenwood.
>> Yup,
>> you guessed it, there were now locks on those. I am left to believe
>> that the system does not realize I am root and is locking me out of
>> those
>> devices for some reason. If anyone can shed light on this I'll be
>> your
>> best friend for 2 or 3 days. I have thoroughly searched the
>> newsgroups for
>> an answer. Many people have this problem, but no fixes. Below is my
>> fstab FYI
>>
>> fstab
>>
>> /dev/hda6 / ext2 defaults 1 1
>> none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
>> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/plexcdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
>> /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/kenwood supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0
>> /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
>> /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows vfat
>> user,exec,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0
>> /dev/hdb6 /mnt/extra ext2 defaults 1 2
>> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
>> /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
>>
>
> How about removing the symlinks to /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs in
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and /etc/rc.d/rc5.d and then rebooting?
>
>
Thanks for your reply. I don't think I have /autofs in my /init.d
directory. I don't know if its a Mandrake 8.0ism. I do feel your on the
right track though, because the hardware setup and fstab are exactly the
same as they were when both drives worked fine before. More help possibly.
Sleepy
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From: sleepy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Could symlinks prevent /mnt/cdrom access
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 20:35:31 GMT
Running Mandrake 8.0 and I've already run the fstab and permissions route
on this problem. I am confident I have ownership as root of the /mnt/cdrom
and /mnt/cdrom2 directory. Nevertheless I am locked out of the folders and
the terminal I get an i/o error. Gui filebrowser gives me "you do not have
permission to access these files" when I try to access the /mnt/cdrom
directories. I'm only left with the fact that I did something trying to
add cdwriter support via the scsi module hdc=ide-scsi emulation thing. My
fstab is exactly the same as it was before I tried any of this. The only
thing you'll notice odd in my fstab is that I'm using /mnt/plexcdrom and
/mnt/kenwood as the mount folders. I only did that to see if I would still
get locks on those new folders and yes I did. Otherwise the fstab is
factory correct. Can anyone tell me of some possible embedded symlinks
that might be doing this? Here's my fstab FYI
/dev/hda6 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/plexcdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
> /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/kenwood supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0
> /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
> /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows vfat
> user,exec,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0
> /dev/hdb6 /mnt/extra ext2 defaults 1 2
> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
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From: "Tommy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with Mouse Detection on Red Hat Linux 7.1
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 15:50:01 -0500
I did a clean install. I used to have RH 6.2 on here.
The card is a generic agp with S# Virge GX chip. I chose same card as on
6.2.
I believe there is something in that system that the 7.1 setup doesn't like.
One time I got an error about being unable to load a library. I didn't write
it down. The other times it seemed to install without a problem but X
wouldn't run.
The first time I installed X ran ok but the network card did not.
Tommy
"J Hayward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:4mwT6.22000$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> Video card? Is this an upgrade and from what?
>
> Look in /etc/X11.
> Is there a symlink X pointing to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86?
> Is your XF86Config-4 file there? Is it correct? Is it corrupted?
>
> Regards,
> Jim H
>
>
>
> Tommy wrote:
>
> > Thanks... I just checked that after reading your mail but it never gets
> > created for some reason. I can't seem to figure out why.
> >
> > When I run startx it says "creating new authority file
> > /home/tmartin/.Xauthority
> >
> > execve failed for /etc/X11/x (errorno 2)
> > xinit: unexpected signal 2
> >
> >
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From: "Ernest Hammerschmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,tw.bbs.comp.linux,hk.comp.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: AC'97 sound chips on board - no sound in RedHat 7.0
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 23:11:13 +0200
In article <9flnok$v1j$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Wilson Ng"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My on-board sound chip VIA AC97 audio controller (WDM) works fine with
> WinME. I tried to run sndconfig to enable the sound in my Linux
> installation in RedHat 7.0. The program detected that the sound device
> is VIA82cxxx. After I confirm the autoprobe was done and my system
> hangs. I rebooted Linux and the startup freeze when starting the sound
> module.
Had about the same problem with the chip on my Epox board. One day I
found a Redhat subdir somewhere on the driver CD. Never tried the drivers
though, since I already had another soundcard installed :-)
Ernest
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From: "Bob Bourne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie - /dev/hda3 contains file system errors...
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 07:12:25 +1000
on bootup I'm getting errors -
/dev/hda3 contains file system errors...
...
ide0: reset: success
...
Give root password for maintenance... or CONTROL-D to reboot
(OK, I give my root password and I get -)
(none):~#
When I reboot I get the same thing... I can't do a normal bootup anymore...
very distressing... please help!
[dist: debian 2.2 R3 i386, 3cd set.]
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From: "Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie - /dev/hda3 contains file system errors...
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 15:40:36 -0600
Bob,
run:
fsck /dev/hda3
at that prompt
that should work
Jason Rist
"Bob Bourne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9fm6a1$r9o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> on bootup I'm getting errors -
>
> /dev/hda3 contains file system errors...
> ...
> ide0: reset: success
> ...
> Give root password for maintenance... or CONTROL-D to reboot
>
> (OK, I give my root password and I get -)
>
> (none):~#
>
> When I reboot I get the same thing... I can't do a normal bootup
anymore...
> very distressing... please help!
>
> [dist: debian 2.2 R3 i386, 3cd set.]
>
>
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From: "Gregory D. Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Netscape - How Can I Install/Run?
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 21:43:31 GMT
Look in /usr/lib for libstdc++-libc6.x.y.so.z - if there is no such file then install
the appropriate package which might be newer than the required version. Create a
symbolic link as described below if the version does NOT match Netscape's requested
version.
KCmaniac wrote:
> I am having the same problem with v4.77 in that I can't get the executable to do
> anything.
>
> When I use "ldd <path/to/executable/filename>" it tells me that
> libstdc++-libc6.1.1.so.2 is not found.
>
> From what Gregory D. Horne wrote:
>
> > Netscape v4.77 uses an older version of libstdc++-libc6, so you might need to
> > create a symbolic link from libstdc++-libc6.1.1.so.2 to libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3
> > (or whatever newer version you may have installed).
> >
>
> it appears that I indeed need that lib file or evidently a newer version of it
> anyway. I don't understand why it wouldn't be part of the installation package if
> it needs it that much in the first place. But where do I get this library file??
> Is it already in compiled form? Where do I put it on my system? In other words
> where is Netscape expecting it to be?
>
> Any help on this would be appreciated.
>
> RLH
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From: J Hayward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with Mouse Detection on Red Hat Linux 7.1
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 14:43:47 -0700
Hello,
Tommy wrote:
> I did a clean install. I used to have RH 6.2 on here.
>
> The card is a generic agp with S# Virge GX chip. I chose same card as on
> 6.2.
>
> I believe there is something in that system that the 7.1 setup doesn't
> like. One time I got an error about being unable to load a library. I
> didn't write it down. The other times it seemed to install without a
> problem but X wouldn't run.
>
> The first time I installed X ran ok but the network card did not.
>
Sounds like possibly something didn't install correctly, maybe glibc or
XFree86. You might try running rpm -V filename and see if it shows any
errors or rpm -Va to check all the installed rpms (this will take awhile).
Did you burn these cd's yourself? Did you check the md5sum of the ISO
images before you burned them? Maybe the image didn't download correctly.
The "unable to load a library" error is suspicious.
Did you try running Xconfigurator:
Xconfigurator --preferxf3
Regards,
JIm H
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From: "Luminescent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Fat32 partition missing... Help!
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:47:14 -0500
I just installed Redhat over a previous Linux installation. My system dual
boots Win98 and Linux. First, here's how my hard drives are currently set
up, with the information taken from fdisk:
/dev/hda1 Linux (Boot)
/dev/hda2 Extended
/dev/hda3 Win95 FAT32 (Note: I've also tried assigning this to (LBA), like
/dev/hdb1. No luck)
/dev/hda5 Linux
/dev/hda6 Linux swap
/dev/hdb1 Win95 FAT32 (LBA) (Boot)
When I attempt the command "mount -t vfat /dev/hda3 /mnt/d-drive", I get
this error:
[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT16,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap]
[me=0x43,cs=10550,#f=82,fs=38614,fl=1548050,de=134,data=128682700,se=2174,ts
=-1071265339,ls=26102,rc=0,fc=4294967295]
Transaction block size = 512
VFS: Can't find a valid MSDOS filesystem on dev 03:03.
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda3, or too many
mounted file systems
So, my question is basically twofold:
1) How do I get Win98 to recognize my Fat32 partition on /dev/hda?
2) How do I mount this partition with Linux?
I hope I don't end up losing the data on my missing partition... Please cc:
a copy of any replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks!
------------------------------
From: "Tommy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with Mouse Detection on Red Hat Linux 7.1
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:48:07 -0500
I did download the cd's. I am starting to wonder about them.
I am not sure how to check the crc of the image. I will dig around and see
if that is the case. I hope it is. It is very strange that the old version
works fine and 7.1 does not.
Thank you for the suggestions. I will check into them.
Tommy
"J Hayward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:rtxT6.28887$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> Tommy wrote:
>
> > I did a clean install. I used to have RH 6.2 on here.
> >
> > The card is a generic agp with S# Virge GX chip. I chose same card as on
> > 6.2.
> >
> > I believe there is something in that system that the 7.1 setup doesn't
> > like. One time I got an error about being unable to load a library. I
> > didn't write it down. The other times it seemed to install without a
> > problem but X wouldn't run.
> >
> > The first time I installed X ran ok but the network card did not.
> >
>
> Sounds like possibly something didn't install correctly, maybe glibc or
> XFree86. You might try running rpm -V filename and see if it shows any
> errors or rpm -Va to check all the installed rpms (this will take awhile).
> Did you burn these cd's yourself? Did you check the md5sum of the ISO
> images before you burned them? Maybe the image didn't download correctly.
> The "unable to load a library" error is suspicious.
>
> Did you try running Xconfigurator:
>
> Xconfigurator --preferxf3
>
> Regards,
> JIm H
>
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From: Matthew Lybanon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: changing the time??
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 17:13:56 -0500
Log in as root and look for something (probably in the System
menu) called Time Tool. That will permit you to Set System Clock.
I have to do this periodically. Because something is not quite right
(probably) in my /usr/share/zoneinfo file, every time I reboot, the
clock in the panel (I think this is what you are calling the "time
bar") shows GMT--despite the fict that it "knows" what time zone I'm
in. I just change it to local time and go.
I hope someone else answers your question. The answer may help me with
my problem as well.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Fat32 partition missing... Help!
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 22:13:31 GMT
"Luminescent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just installed Redhat over a previous Linux installation. My system dual
>boots Win98 and Linux. First, here's how my hard drives are currently set
>up, with the information taken from fdisk:
>
>/dev/hda1 Linux (Boot)
>/dev/hda2 Extended
>/dev/hda3 Win95 FAT32 (Note: I've also tried assigning this to (LBA), like
>/dev/hdb1. No luck)
>/dev/hda5 Linux
>/dev/hda6 Linux swap
>
>/dev/hdb1 Win95 FAT32 (LBA) (Boot)
>
>When I attempt the command "mount -t vfat /dev/hda3 /mnt/d-drive", I get
>this error:
>
>[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT16,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap]
>[me=0x43,cs=10550,#f=82,fs=38614,fl=1548050,de=134,data=128682700,se=2174,ts
>=-1071265339,ls=26102,rc=0,fc=4294967295]
>Transaction block size = 512
>VFS: Can't find a valid MSDOS filesystem on dev 03:03.
>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda3, or too many
>mounted file systems
>
>So, my question is basically twofold:
>
>1) How do I get Win98 to recognize my Fat32 partition on /dev/hda?
>
>2) How do I mount this partition with Linux?
>
>I hope I don't end up losing the data on my missing partition... Please cc:
>a copy of any replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks!
To provide more information you can download Findpart at
http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/utilities.htm
do
findpart all fp.txt
and post the content from fp.txt.
I recommend that you do not write anything to hda until the nature of
the problem is known.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: "Bob Bourne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie - /dev/hda3 contains file system errors...
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 08:21:51 +1000
Pure genius, Jason! She's up and runnin' agin!
Many thanks...
Bob Bourne.
"Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Bob,
> run:
> fsck /dev/hda3
> at that prompt
> that should work
>
> Jason Rist
>
> "Bob Bourne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9fm6a1$r9o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > on bootup I'm getting errors -
> >
> > /dev/hda3 contains file system errors...
> > ...
> > ide0: reset: success
> > ...
> > Give root password for maintenance... or CONTROL-D to reboot
> >
> > (OK, I give my root password and I get -)
> >
> > (none):~#
> >
> > When I reboot I get the same thing... I can't do a normal bootup
> anymore...
> > very distressing... please help!
> >
> > [dist: debian 2.2 R3 i386, 3cd set.]
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Les Hartzman)
Subject: Newbie: Browser checkboxes not working?
Date: 6 Jun 2001 15:47:46 -0700
Hi,
I've just recently downloaded and installed SuSE 7.1. I'm having a
weird problem when I'm in my Yahoo email account.
If I select the checkboxes next to the messages that I want to delete
or move and hit the "Delete" button, nothing happens. Its like the
browser isn't even recognizing the state of the boxes, even though
they display the little check mark.
If I go into one of the message and hit "Delete", it works.
I haven't currently found any other sites I frequent to test out the
'checkbox' theory elsewhere. Has anyone else seen this type of
behavior?
I've replicated this behavior with Konqueror, Communicator 4.77, and
Netscape 6.0.
All help appreciated.
Thanks.
Les
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From: "Luminescent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Fat32 partition missing... Help!
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:49:09 -0500
> To provide more information you can download Findpart at
>
> http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/utilities.htm
>
> do
>
> findpart all fp.txt
>
> and post the content from fp.txt.
>
> I recommend that you do not write anything to hda until the nature of
> the problem is known.
> --
> Svend Olaf
Wow, thanks for the quick reply! Here's fp.txt...
Findpart, version 3.98.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2001.
Searches for partitions type 01, 04, 06, 07, 0B, 0C, 0E, 82, 83,
plus Fdisk F6 and Lilo sectors. Information based on bootsectors
is marked B. If the disk is larger than supported by BIOS, the
supported part of the disk is examined. Disks are numbered from 1.
OS: DOS 7.10 WINDOWS 4.10
Disk: 1 Cylinders: 3328 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 26106
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 0C 63 53464257 26105 0 1 1 3327 254 63 B OK
=====FAT CHS =Size Cl ==Root =Good =Rep. Maybe ==Bad YYMMDD DataMB
0 1 33 13047 16 2 13047 0 0 0 000101 21366
Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk:
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1*0C 63 53464257 26105 0 1 1 3327*254 63 OK OK
Disk: 2 Cylinders: 10587 Heads: 240 Sectors: 63 MB: 78162
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 83 63 48132 23 0 1 1 3 44 63 B0 OK
=====FAT CHS =Size Cl ==Root =Good =Rep. Maybe ==Bad YYMMDD DataMB
725 0 50 Second FAT not found.
Partitions according to partition tables on second harddisk:
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1*83 63 48132 23 0 1 1 2 254 63 OK NB
0 1 1 3 44 63 Actual
0 2 05 48195 24547320 11985 3 0 1 1023 254 63 NB
3 45 1 1626 164 63 Actual
0 3 0C 24595515135476145 66150 1023 254 63 1023 254 63 NB NB
1626 165 110586 179 63 Actual
3+1 83 63 24402672 11915 3 1 1 1023 254 63 OK NB
3 46 1 1617 29 63 Actual
3+2 05 24402735 144585 70 1023 0 1 1023 254 63 NB
1617 30 1 1626 164 63 Actual
1617+1 82 63 144522 70 1023 1 1 1023 254 63 NB
1617 31 1 1626 164 63 Actual
"Second FAT not found"... Hmm... Of course, given that you're the guy who
actually WROTE this program (impressive!), I'm sure you'll have some insight
as to how I would go about fixing it... I'm open to deleting my Linux
partitions, and reinstalling Linux in a better mannor, if that might help.
Thanks again for the help!
-Chris
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From: "kyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: RH7.1 and SoundBlaster Live!
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:05:29 -0700
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Hash: SHA1
I noticed from your hardware discription that it is a gateway
computer. Is the SBLive! the digital one that comes with the gateway?
or a standalone pci card? The reason I ask is 'cause if it's the
SBLive! digital that comes onboard with the gateway it probably won't
work ;-( If it's not, and it's a SBLive! that you bought seperatly
then it will work. The reason is there is something flaky about the
gateway card, I read this on the opensource.creative.developers
mailing list. I strongly suggest that you goto
http://opensource.creative.com and follow the links on subscribing to
the email list for this card. I personally have the SBLive!, bought
from compusa, and it is a very very good card, so all this won't be a
wast of time.
- -Jayson Garrell
http://linux.microbsys.com
Randy Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Although I've been a unix user for 16 years (sysV,SunOS,Solaris), I
> just got up enough nerve to install linux on my machine at home.
> (In other words, I'm an experienced unix *user*, but a linux and
> admin newbie.)
>
> I successfully installed RH7.1 (dual boot with WinME) and am
> gradually getting all the pieces working.
>
> Time for my first venture in seeking help from the usenet
> community!
>
> Problem:
> I have been unable to get sound out of the SoundBlaster Live! card.
>
> Specifics:
> (The card works just fine with the WinME boot, so it's not a
> hardware failure...)
>
> I ran sndconfig -- it detected the card just fine. But when it
> plays a sample, no sound comes out.
>
> I ran two different mixer programs (under Gnome), and made sure
> that nothing was muted and volumes were turned up. Still no sound.
> (I have also rebooted to no avail :0<)
>
> Based on advice from searches in newsgroups and linux sites, I
> checked /proc/pci, /proc/interrupts, /proc/iports, /proc/dma.
> The IRQ and I/O Range settings are the same as those that show
> up when I check the device drivers in windows. (IRQ=9, I/O Range
> EFAO-EFAF).
>
> Still, I cannot get any sound with linux :o<
>
> Here are a some particulars that may or may not be of help:
>
> 1) Creative Labs Soundblaster Live! (series WDM)
> (hardware version 007)
> 2) AMD Athlon 1GHz processor (Gateway machine) with 256MB RAM
> 3) the winmodem (some sort of home networking/modem combo card)
> also
> uses IRQ=9 -- I don't use the home networking features, since I
> also have an ethernet card installed. Of course, the winmodem
> doesn't work with linux and I have little hope for ever getting
> it to work. Even though the same IRQ is used, both the modem
> and the sound card work just fine with WinME.
> 4) Nvdia GeForce2 video card (the Soundblaster card sits next to
> the
> video card, the modem is a few slots over)
> 5) anything else I haven't mentioned here that is important?
>
> Thanks to anyone who can help!
>
> --
> Randy Pratt - Agere Systems
>
> There are 3 kinds of people in this world:
those who can count, and those who can't
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