Re: [LUG] A couple of problems

On 8/16/06, Steve Ellis < speedy99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.
>
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> * 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.
>
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>
> 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
>
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> 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
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>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Richard
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