[QCLUG] Mandriva 2008

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:28:26 -0500

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well this is the same thing that goes wrong for many its a bad headphone
jack sensor or a reversed sensor for internal and external  etc etc theres a
mixer option called external amp ( also can have badly named interface ..)
..... check that and sound would play through speakers uncheck to listen
through headphones .... my new dell laptop did something a lil different it
would always play from speakers even with headphones pluged in to fix this i
had to install newer alsa libs and drivers this also made my stereo mics
work too , though sometimes certain options have to be passed to the module
concerning your sound card check the alsa homepage for the sound card you
have.

On 10/26/07, Mark Overholser Jr <omnipotent13@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is this a laptop or a desktop? An interesting thing that I noticed when I
> thought I had no sound on my Dell D600 laptop in Linux a while back was that
> depending on what distro I used, sometimes the sound would come out of the
> speakers plugged into the docking station, and sometimes it would only come
> out of the headphone jack (regardless of whether there was something plugged
> into the headphone jack). So, it was working out of the speakers on the dock
> in Ubuntu and then I switched to Fedora and suddenly I had no sound. Then I
> plugged my speakers into the headphone port directly on the laptop and they
> worked. So, maybe if you have multiple sound devices as detected by Linux
> (an onboard and a PCI card, for example, or an onboard and one on a docking
> station for a laptop) then the default one might not be the one that you
> have your headphones or speakers plugged into.
>
> Mark
>
> On 10/26/07, RK <ronknapperpub@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you for the suggestion about the sound. The
> > basic problem is... No sound in Mandriva, at all.
> >
> > This is one of the problems I still see with Linux.
> > So, how do you check for the version of alsa, what is
> > alsa, how do you check what modules are loading?
> > (Sorry, it is not obvious to me where these things
> > might be checked, and the differences in Ubuntu and
> > Mandriva (one of the reasons I am preferring Mandriva,
> > the hardware and software GUI tools are more
> > accessible. Though I am still not terribly familiar
> > with them. Not to mention the cli is not something I
> > feel comfortable in in Linux yet.) I am not certain
> > where I might look.
> >
> > I have considered the Fat32 option. But right now I
> > have the second drive partitioned about 10GB for
> > Mandriva and 70GB NTFS of which about 30GB is full.
> > So... repartitioning might be a hassle. I don't NEED
> > it just yet so I can contiue to think about how best
> > to approach the issue.
> >
> > Thank you all for your help. I have been updating and
> > updating and updating. Once I get all the updates for
> > 2007.0 and then change the servers to look at 2007.1,
> > update, update, then change the servers to look at
> > 2008.0, update, update... (If that doesn't work I can
> > reinstall, but would rather not risk dropping the
> > network card working, that is one of the big issues as
> > to why I am back on Mandriva instead of
> > Ubuntu/Kubuntu.)
> >
> > Ron Knapper
> >
> >
> > --- Noah Norris <preludelinux@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > whats your sound issue ?
> > > check to see what versions of alsa are included in
> > > ubuntu and Mandriva. and
> > > check to see if the same module is loading.
> > >
> > > Sometimes its best to make a small partition thats
> > > fat32 that both linux and
> > > windows can write to without worry of any corruption
> > >  although the 3g
> > > userspace driver for NTFS is suppose to be pretty
> > > good and not have
> > > problems. you can use a usb thumb drive as this to.
> > > oh if you go the drive
> > > route you can have your firefox and thunderbird
> > > email shared 100% between
> > > linux and windows (Move the profiles to the fat32
> > > drive or set them up on
> > > the windows side if ya want, just have to run each
> > > with the -ProfileManager
> > > option to setup the new path to the profile.) this
> > > is usefull if you get
> > > mail in windows and want to view in linux everything
> > > will be the same.
> > > bookmarks will be the same to.
> > >
> > > On 10/22/07, RK < ronknapperpub@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Well...
> > > >
> > > > Some more quite recent history.
> > > >
> > > > Reinstalled Mandriva 2007.0 from the DVD I got
> > > > attached to a Linux magazine. Got it up and
> > > running in
> > > > about 30 minutes including the ndiswrapper route.
> > > >
> > > > At this time I am not too concerned with
> > > NDISWRAPPER
> > > > not working. (Still not my main production
> > > > environment.)
> > > >
> > > > Used Firefox in Mandriva to download the latest
> > > > Mandriva 2008.0. Just looking to see if there is a
> > > > good way to upgrade instead of reinstall as I just
> > > > don't have the time to possibly troubleshoot
> > > > differences between 2007 and 2008.
> > > >
> > > > I must say I appreciate the assistance. Kind of
> > > > interesting that Firefox in MS Windows can't seem
> > > to
> > > > get a 700MB file but Firefox in Mandriva has no
> > > > problem. Did it in one shot, the MD5 checked out.
> > > >
> > > > The compiz is also "default" in Mandriva 2008. The
> > > > soundcard issue is still that, an issue, why not
> > > in
> > > > Mandriva, but fine in Ubuntu (even just the Live
> > > CD).
> > > > I did get the upgrade apps to recognize the URLs.
> > > >
> > > > The NTFS write issue is still there even for more
> > > > advanced experimenting. (Can't use my linux
> > > install
> > > > for too much production unless I have a way to
> > > acess
> > > > the data back and forth with MS Windows.)
> > > >
> > > > I'm kind of leaning towards sticking with Mandriva
> > > > (mainly since it was cake getting the network up
> > > and
> > > > running on it) for now. But with more experience I
> > > may
> > > > choose otherwise.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, thank you for your suggestions. If I can
> > > get
> > > > some time free I hope to make it to a meeting.
> > > >
> > > > Ron Knapper, still experimenting
> > > >
> > > > --- Noah Norris <preludelinux@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > can your wireless card be upgraded / switched
> > > > > mini-pci , pcmcia ??? ebay
> > > > > and intel can be helpfull plus you have to sell
> > > your
> > > > > card somewhere. what
> > > > > card/chipset do you have? beryl has been
> > > replaced
> > > > > for compiz-fusion (
> > > > > merging of beryl and compiz, its installed by
> > > > > default in ubuntu 7.10 )
> > > > > ubuntu 7.10 also supports ntfs write on drives .
> > > in
> > > > > the long run its cheaper
> > > > > to upgrade the card an intel 2200 3945 card
> > > should
> > > > > be had pretty cheap.
> > > > >
> > > > > ndiswrapper may not work forever.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 10/21/07, Arron Lorenz
> > > <arronlorenz@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I agree with Mark on this one. I usually use
> > > "wget
> > > > > -c" to download
> > > > > > anything more then a couple hundred mb
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 10/21/07, Mark Overholser Jr <
> > > > > omnipotent13@gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > What are you using to try to download the
> > > file?
> > > > > I have found that it is
> > > > > > > unwise to trust Firefox to download large
> > > files,
> > > > > as it will fail for no
> > > > > > > apparent reason at different times (though
> > > it
> > > > > will probably tell you that it
> > > > > > > finished the file). If you are trying to use
> > > > > Firefox, I would go to a
> > > > > > > different method of downloading the files
> > > before
> > > > > giving up.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Mark
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 10/18/07, RK < ronknapperpub@yahoo.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > A couple of questions.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > First, does anyone have the Mandriva 2008
> > > DVD?
> > > > > If so,
> > > > > > > > could I get a copy? (For some reason I
> > > can't
> > > > > even
> > > > > > > > download the CD, it fails at various
> > > places
> > > > > from
> > > > > > > > various mirrors.) My son really wants the
> > > > > Beryl
> > > > > > > > (Coldfusion) or whatever it's called
> > > desktop.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Second, can I do an "upgrade" to 2008? I
> > > > > currently
> > > > > > > > have Mandriva 2007 loaded. The reason I am
> > > > > using
> > > > > > > > Mandriva is I dabbled with Mandrake a few
> > > > > times X
> > > > > > > > years ago and it seemed fairly good. I
> > > have
> > > > > tried
> > > > > > > > Ubuntu and Kubuntu and just can't seem to
> > > get
> > > > > them
> > > > > > > > configured for my wireless network card
> > > while
> > > > > Mandriva
> > > > > > > > was almost overly helpful with using
> > > > > NDISWRAPPER. Now
> > > > > > > > if I can figure out why Ubuntu/Kubuntu
> > > > > recognize my
> > > > > > > > sound card and automatically configure it
> > > when
> > > > > > > > Mandriva doesn't.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Third, why can't I get the upgrade feature
> > > to
> > > > > work. It
> > > > > > > > just won't go out to the archives. (I
> > > don't
> > > > > expect an
> > > > > > > > answer on this one at all yet because I am
> > > not
> > > > > > > > providing any details. Just putting it out
> > > > > there.)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Now if I only had the time to configure
> > > NTFS
> > > > > > > > read/write, figure out the sound card,
> > > WINE,
> > > > > ...
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Unfortunately, for all its failings, I am
> > > > > stuck with
> > > > > > > > MS Windows for my daily work because it
> > > just
> > > > > works,
> > > > > > > > most of the time. Blah blah, be quiet
> > > Ron...
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thank you very much.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Ron Knapper
> > > > > > > >
> > >
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> >
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