Installation and Noobie questions...

Linux_n00b_57 · 03-13-2006, 11:55 AM

i used xorgconfig to configure X....

Alien_Hominid · 03-13-2006, 11:59 AM

Ok. Sorry, maybe I misunderstood in some places but how did you get it installed?

Linux_n00b_57 · 03-13-2006, 12:01 PM

Ok, installation was simple, it was fine no problems with the cd-rom, fix my original Lilo problem....Now when I try to mount a cd, or my fat drive it says something about a bad superblock or whatever, and it won't read the disk or harddrive.

Alien_Hominid · 03-13-2006, 12:19 PM

Forget about fat. You will fix it later.
Where is your cdrom located (hda,hdb,hdc,sdc,...)? Hda - primary ide master (usually hard disk),hdb - primary ide slave, hdc - secondary master (usually cdrom) and so on. Sdx - for scsi(also sata) devices. Check output of dmesg and lspci.
After you know the location,create directory cdrom in mnt.
Then as root:
#mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom_location /mnt/cdrom

Linux_n00b_57 · 03-13-2006, 12:26 PM

Both my CD and DVD drivers are on the secondary IDE, I believe my DVD is on the Master, so hdc...Now to push this noob thing one step farther...im assuming the location would be hdc?

Linux_n00b_57 · 03-13-2006, 01:21 PM

Ok, so dont ask me how, but the internet is working, and it mounts fine...

Linux_n00b_57 · 03-13-2006, 01:21 PM

Only problem is the sound doesnèt work...i copied all the kernels onto the harddrive just incase it doesnt work again...

Linux_n00b_57 · 03-13-2006, 01:32 PM

Umm and my keyboard is messed up too...

onthos · 03-13-2006, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Linux_n00b_57

Then it asks for this weird thing about name thing that your router might give your computer and i just left it blank....

This is the name server, or DNS server. Usually, if you have a router you enter your router's IP.

Alien_Hominid · 03-13-2006, 02:35 PM

Run alsaconf, then alsamixer (need to unmute), then alsactl store (saves settings). I think you should follow shilo's guide. Everything is explained there.

Linux_n00b_57 · 03-13-2006, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Alien_Hominid

Run alsaconf, then alsamixer (need to unmute), then alsactl store (saves settings). I think you should follow shilo's guide. Everything is explained there.

Uhhh alasconf isnt working :S

willysr · 03-13-2006, 06:28 PM

have you installed the alsa-xxx packages (alsa-lib, alsa-lib, and alsa-oss) and have you include all ALSA modules in the kernel if you build your own kernel??

Linux_n00b_57 · 03-13-2006, 07:01 PM

What??? I might not have...I probably didnt since its not working :P
I will see if I can install it straight off the CD...

Linux_n00b_57 · 03-13-2006, 07:36 PM

Almost have Alsa working...just one thing happens...

/usr/sbin/alsaconf: line 660: cmp: command not found

And now it wont mount my music cd...this is the error

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
Please check that the disk is entered correctly.

Anyways, its online so things like this will be much quicker then switching in and out of windows...

onebuck · 03-14-2006, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Linux_n00b_57

gwsandvik not one of those sites in your name has helped with my networking problem

Hi,

The slackbook section 5.2 covers network configuration. Apperently you overlooked that one! Others such as Slackbasics in section VI covers network configuration.

Apparently you didn't read them. Or you didn't understand how to translate to your problem.

HTS! (Help Thy Self)

HTH!