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Posted by "Richard Sanders" <richardwsanders@xxxxxxxxx> Hi all Well here goes with a few of my problems with Linux, but first off some basic info. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * PC is dual boot WinXP and Ubuntu Dapper (32bit) * Dapper mostly works fine but with a few annoting problems that i don't know how to fix. * Mobo is an Asus A8N-E with an Athlon64 3000+ * I had 1 SATA2 hard drive and then added a second (which when i think some problems started) * Sound for WinXP is a XiFi but for Dapper i have to use the onboard sound - Onboard sound is run from the Nvidia sound driver which is OSS - Sound problems started after swirching to the onboard sound (previously a Soundblaster card) If you need any specific info on my linux setup please let me know what you need and how to run it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROBLEM 1 I am having problems booting from some live live CD's - history is as follows: Ubuntu breezy Live CD used to work fine i think i then installed a new hard drive Live CD no longer worked however Knoppix 4.02 live CD did boot fine Dapper live CD does NOT boot Knoppix 5.0 live CD does not boot (it boots ok on my other PC) but Knoppix 4.02 live CD still boots ok the latest Dapper live CD doesn't boot either whats going on here? What i think may be the problem is as follows: I think it was after i installed an extra hard drive that i had big problems everytime there wa a kernal update in that my /boot/grub/menu.lst file would get updated to boot from sda whereas my boot drive is sdb - so i always have to remember to manually edit the file before i reboot - a bit of a pain if you forget!!! I am thinking that some live CD's try to boot from sda only and others will keep looking until they find a real boot drive???? I have tried changing this: title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-k7 root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-k7 root=/dev/sdb4 ro quiet splash initrd /initrd.img-2.6.15-26-k7 savedefault boot To (hd1,1) - but it couldn't find a root partition ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROBLEM 2 My sound works (e.g. movies and MP3's) except for system sounds that don't (e.g. the little drumming sounds that play when Ubuntu first starts). It used to work before i changed sound cards. I followed these instructions but no luck: <<http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu_dapper#How_to_configure_sound_to_work_properly_in_GNOME>> As my sound is OSS (using Nvidia sound drivers with onboard mobo sound) is this why these instructions aren't helping - and if so any idea how to get it working? i have an oss.conf file where the esd one is but it only contains: OSSLIBDIR=/usr/lib/oss ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks in advance Richard -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Generated by the contributors page in the members area at D+C GLUG http://www.dcglug.org.uk/members/list.php webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html