more questions PLEASE help

minimumturbulen · 05-16-2005, 07:07 PM

hi, im back guys ! lol

issues issues

1.soundcard - when i boot my comp i have to go to soundcard detection in system tools for my soundcard to work and hence play xmms mp3. please tell me how i can set it so it automatically knows the soundcard and doesnt have to be done at every boot

2.FAT32 - i have a formatted 12 GB FAT32 drive thats on the same hdd as my linux partition and i want it to recognize it.. i have tried all the methods but it just gives me the error: fs not there, bad option, superblock on Hda7, or just too many filesystems. i created a folder in /mnt/ called "mediadisk" to house and i ran through the line i made in fstab more than thrice.

Fedora Core 3 btw
Linux Kernel 2.6.9-1.667

thanks for all the help..
much appreciated
JJ

Matir · 05-16-2005, 07:36 PM

Are you sure the partition is correct, and properly formatted?

Also, in the future, please use a more descriptive topic. Thanks.

Brian1 · 05-16-2005, 07:54 PM

I use a line like this in my /etc/fstab

Code:

/dev/hda10              /vfatshare              vfat    umask=000,users,noauto,owner,rw,sync,dirsync   0 0

Brian1

minimumturbulen · 05-16-2005, 08:05 PM

sorry about the topic name.. im just desperate for some sort of help.. i wish i could change it.. darn..
thanks for the help ima try the method brian1 mentioned

minimumturbulen · 05-16-2005, 09:13 PM

yayyy brian1's thing helped i fixed the FAT32 thing.. now its readable and writeable (if there is a word)
the soundcard thing is weird. i set it to detect and it detects it and everything.. but every time i reboot i have to go again and detect it.. please tell me how i can permanently mount it or something.. thanks guys

Brian1 · 05-16-2005, 10:00 PM

This is one of the major bugs in FC3 release. Its been discuss many times here and every other fourm and newsgroup around. This is the most common fix ther are are a few others. Open a terminal and type su. Enter root password. Run ' alsamixer '. Change the volumes the way you need it. If a ' mm ' is above the bar it is muted to unmute hit the ' m ' key. Usually all that is needed is Master Volume and PCM. Hit 'esc' key to exit. Now type ' alsactl store '. This saves the volume levels so when you restart it reloads these values.

Brian1
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minimumturbulen · 05-16-2005, 10:08 PM

alsactl store doesnt work :-\
sorry
thanks
JJ

minimumturbulen · 05-16-2005, 10:22 PM

[root@localhost minimumturbulence]# alsamixer

[root@localhost minimumturbulence]# alsactl store
bash: alsactl: command not found

it doesnt read that command.. i dunno if i have the thing written wrong or something .. this is crazy..
thanks
JJ

snarkout · 05-17-2005, 06:35 PM

Did you "su" or "su -"? Without the dash, su doesn't (by default) give you root's path, so alsactl won't be in your path.

Brian1 · 05-17-2005, 07:37 PM

I forgot about that use ' su - ' instead of ' su '. su - will use root's PATH's. I have /sbin in my regular user PATH so I missed pointing that out. After setting the mixer levels did you have sound?

Brian1

minimumturbulen · 05-17-2005, 11:01 PM

yea both the sound and the FAT32 issues have been solved
thanks a lot guys

one other thing came up tho..
i updated the system usring yum and i guess this installed a new update to the kernel... so i install the new kernel and reboot the comp.. there is a new entry which automatically set itself as the default in the GRUB bootloader called kernel.. blah 1.14-FC3. im in windows right now so i cant tell exact details.. if you need them let me know ill get them pronto.. and so i select the new entry to load. everything loads fine but there is no connection to the internet whatsoever. so i reboot and check again.. same problem. then i try my original linux entry in the bootloader and the internet doesnt work there either.

i tried the network controller thing with activating and deactivating it.. didnt work

can someone tell me how to fix this?
please dont hate me.. im trying lol
thanks
JJ

snarkout · 05-18-2005, 10:51 AM

To start with, could you post the output of "dmesg | grep eth" and "ifconfig"? You will need to be root to run ifconfig. These will give us a place to start. FWIW, dmesg is the command that dumps to the screen the log file of all of the stuff that scrolls by when you boot into linux. Ifconfig is the command used to configure network interfaces. When you use it with no switches, it just dumps the current configuration to the screen. Both are extremely useful commands for TSing.

minimumturbulen · 05-20-2005, 09:19 AM

ok so i got the exact outputs that was requested

Dmesg Grep eth

Code:

[root@localhost ~]#Dmesg 
[root@localhost ~]# dmesg | grep eth 
eth0: ADMtek Comet rev 17 at d881cc00, 00:04:5A:4E:C6:A4, IRQ 9. 
eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII#1 link partner capability of 45e1. 
eth0: no IPv6 routers present 
[root@localhost ~]#

and for ifconfig

Code:

root@localhost ~]# ifconfig 
eth0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:5A:4E:C6:A4          
   UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          
   RX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          
   TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          
   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000          
   RX bytes:3583 (3.4 KiB)  TX bytes:1830 (1.7 KiB)          
   Interrupt:9 Base address:0xcc00 

lo      Link encap:Local Loopback 
        inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0 
        inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host 
        UP   LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1 
        RX packets:2218 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 
        TX packets:2218 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0      
        collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
        RX bytes:1749688 (1.6 MiB)  TX bytes:1749688 (1.6 MiB) 
[root@localhost ~]#

snarkout · 05-20-2005, 02:34 PM

OK, great - your NIC is being detected and configured, but not assigned an IP address. Do you have a DHCP server on your network? Are you NATed (meaning, if you're on broadband, are you behind a linksys or similar router with DHCP enabled?)?

Assuming you're on the network 192.168.1.0/32, as root try:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.222 netmask 255.255.255.0

and

route add default gw 192.168.1.1

This assumes that all hosts on your network are using 192.168.1.something as their IPs, that no other host on your network is using .222, and that your default gateway is 192.168.1.1 - this may not be the case, and you will need to adjust the commands accordingly.

If this gets you online, it will only be until your next reboot. To configure your NIC correctly, we need more info about your network. If you post the output of:

cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

and

cat /etc/sysconfig/network

we'll have a beter idea of your current setup.

minimumturbulen · 05-20-2005, 08:27 PM

hey thanks for the tips
i tried what you wanted me to try with the whole assigning IP addresses. these are my results:

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.9 netmask 255.255.255.0
[root@localhost ~]# route add default gw 192.168.2.1
SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
IPV6INIT=no
HWADDR=00:04:5a:4e:c6:a4
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPADDR=192.168.2.9
GATEWAY=192.168.2.1

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
[root@localhost ~]#

**reply from activating device in Network Preferences GUI

Determining IP information for eth0...dhclient(5359) is already running - exiting.
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exiting.
failed.

see, the thing is.. after i typed the ifconfig commands to assign the addresses, the network worked for the first attempt to access the internet. i had the network device window open and as soon as i get in one address the thing goes inactive and when i try to activate it through the GUI, i get the above message.. grr i think its set to turn off after a certain tries/amount of time.. i have no clue

thanks a lot
JJ