On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 at 01:43, jon wrote:
>Finding module dependencies (something like that)
AFAIR this is what 'depmod -a' will tell you. 'depmod -a' (do a 'man
depmod') automatically resolves kernel module dependencies. This didn't
hang anything up.
>Loading sound blah blah viaxxx
This probably hung your system up. You could have gone to "safe mode" also
known as single mode by typing "linux single" at the LILO prompt (change
'linux' to whatever label you put if you modified LILO). For other setups
this may not work (?), but for RedHat 6.2 it should do. You'll get a bash
prompt as root. You can then edit /etc/conf.modules or /etc/modules.conf
(first one should be it for you). Comment out (with a hash) the line
loading your viaxxx module. Or change the module parameters to the proper
settings and you may get your sound card working without sndconfig's help.
(PS- I am wondering ... will a "linux single" skip module loading based on
/etc/conf.modules? Hmm ...)
I normally despise these config thingies. I get my information about my
hardware either via /proc/pci (it's a text file generated by the Linux
kernel on the fly) or with the help of the isapnp tools (I do a dump to
find out the IRQ and DMA settings, for my ISA AWE32 sound card). Then I go
a kernel-recompiling so I can build myself a slimmer kernel, with no need
for modules. But modules are good, if you're still testing things out.
It's hard (and stupid and crazy, I think) having to recompile the kernel
after every reboot because you didn't get the IRQ/DMA settings right.
>well, i know sndconfig must have changed some conf file before it hung
It changed /etc/conf.modules. At least that. Maybe something else. :)
>i could've used an hour of my life sleeping instead of reinstalling
>(time check : 1:34 am)
Or you could have spent even more time trying to hack your way around the
problem (I think reinstallations are a cup-out, a remnant of the "Windows
mentality", during setups). That would have made you feel so much more
"Tux-y", I think. But you would have stayed awake until, say, 0700h. I did
that once. I left the office to go home and get some rest while the rest
of the workforce was on their way in. Hahaha! :)
>if there is some kind of a "safe mode" ala windows where i can opt to
>skip some loading stuff. so, is there a way? (btw, mine is rh6.2) to go
>further, what would you have done in my situation
As mentioned, "linux single". <linux> can be any label in LILO. I, for
example, use "reiserfs" instead. It's an arbitrary choice of the SysAd.
"linux" is the default, though, as is LILO (some people use other boot
managers, and I hear grub is good). You could also do something like
"linux init=/bin/sh". This skips your rc scripts that load all the
daemons. On RH6.2 you can skip these by initiating interactive mode
somewhere along the process of normal booting.
>also, how do i set the mouse pointer on x? i run xconfigurator and when
>i choose a resolution 800x600 (? something like that (again)) the mouse
>cursor is a cute white box with sides <= 2 in.
UP has Debianized me, so it's been quite awhile since I last ran
XConfigurator. XF86Config is the standard configuration tool of XFree86,
and it's there until 4.0.1pre_RC4, at least, which I use (hey Eric, I'm
using a release candidate of 4.0.1 and IT'S WORKING!!! Debian 2.2, lots of
unstable packages, hehehe). Then of course there's this "fine-tuning" tool
for X ... uhh ... xf86setup I think. :)
Good luck.
--> Jijo :-)
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