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Richard I am not sure why it worked the 1st time. I had similar problems installing Dapper on my laptop the live cd just would not load correctly even in safe mode. I downloaded the Alternative install cd & it worked fine. http://ftp.ticklers.org/releases.ubuntu.org/releases/6.06/ Thank you Steve On 15/08/06, richardwsanders@xxxxxxxxx <richardwsanders@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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 > -- 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