Pedro, I can see a couple of potential problems in your install from the 64 bit CD which installs Centos.
I would check the bios to see if the SB card is detected and is enabled. I would also check if the card is able to run at 44100, and also your on board sound. SB's tend to want to run at 48000 or 46000. Both cards may default to something else, and I have long ago discounted SB cards because of inflexibility of operation. On board sound can be anything.. depends on the board mfg. Most can be forced to 44100. If you run alsamixer to set audio in and out levels you also need to run "alsactl store " as root to save the levels. I would look for an M-Audio card as a reasonable cost reliable alternative. There are others. The Audio Science card recommended is a pro card which does the job. Once you have installed from the CD the updates are automatic, or more correctly available for you to accept. The Paravel Repository is enabled by default and will take your system to the latest version. Accept the updates and it's a done deal! If you have more then one computer running Rivendell on your network all have to be upgraded to the same level. You will find that all the flavours of Linux have unique and different features. Centos was chosen because of it's ability to reliably operate the code Rivendell is written in, and long term support. There are versions available on Ubuntu and you can compile Rivendell on any number of platforms. Some easier then others. Basic rule is: Find the Software; find the system it operates best on; run with that. If you have time and equipment you can play with all sorts of options. enjoy regards Robert Jeffares Big Valley Radio On Fri, 2013-09-06 at 14:31 +0100, Pedro Picoto (TSF/tec) wrote: > 1 - I've just made a fresh install of RD 64b from the Paravell live > cd. > I'm new on Linux, Tried Ubuntu, Mint. None of those gave me a boot > similar to the CentOS, where I can see all the actions happening on > the screen, while on Mint/Ubuntu it was a snap to boot. When shutting > down it stucks on several "Stops", ending with a "System Halted", > making me shutting off the pc the hard way. > I have two sound cards, the onboard and a SBLive. The SB completely > vanished from system, autodetection won't budge, ending up with a > popup stating something like the "soundcard couldn't be found check > the log(...)" > RD worked with the two cards, now doesn't. RD after rebooting looses > the soundcard settings, having to configure them again each time I > boot. After each boot the level is always low, having to tweak the > volume slider. > > 2 - Can anyone point me to a page where I can see a step-by-step how > to upgrade from 2.0 to 2.5.2?... > > Thanks! > > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
