Program install problems and sound issues.

Hawkmed · 11-05-2006, 05:37 AM

Hey there!
Due to the death due to the infinite login loop on windows 200, I switched to ubuntu, everything works fine (excluding sound) and i understand how to operate it, It doesnt detect my soundcard and I have no idea what it is, its integrated, and a Po$. As for the isntall problems, when i go use the ./configure or makefile/make commands it just says invalid directory or x is a directory, and debian packages using apt-get isntall x.deb doesnt seem to work, ive cd'd into the directory and it says its not a valid directory/file and its beginning to piss me off.

Thanks in advance.

P.S. I installed wine and its not in any of my menus! I can access via shell but not menus, how do I get it there?

running breezy.

pljvaldez · 11-06-2006, 12:31 PM

1) For the sound card, can you post the output of the commands /sbin/lspci and lsmod?

2) What exactly are you trying to install? It'll be easier to help you that way. Normally, you don't use apt-get to install individual *.deb files. You would use dpkg. But if the package is in your repositories, you would use sudo apt-get install packagename (not packagename.deb).

Here's a bit of a guide for installing stuff in Ubuntu Breezy. You are aware that you're about two versions behind the current Ubuntu (Breezy is 5.10, the new Edgy is 6.10).

Hawkmed · 11-07-2006, 02:10 AM

im upgrading ubuntu right now and hoping that will fix most of the problems, I got the .deb figured out, using Gdeb. As for sound no luck, if the upgrade doesnt fix the sound problem i will post the output of those commands here. I am trying to install QCUSB drivers from a tarball, when I go to execute ./configure (0r any other command it says not a valid directory/file.)
By the way, is there any way to put a program manually in the program menu? I have wine installed but it doesnt show up in the program menu.

pljvaldez · 11-07-2006, 05:03 PM

I'm sure there is a way to add stuff to the menu, but I haven't ever done it (I'm a CLI junky).

Oh, when compiling something from a tarball, make sure you've done sudo aptitude install build-essential to install a compiler and the development libraries.

Hawkmed · 11-08-2006, 02:11 AM

Well, I updated to dapper, soundcard didnt work and tarballs I havent figured out but ill apt-get those files you listed. when i run lsmod from shell i get this:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
rfcomm                 40216  0
l2cap                  26244  5 rfcomm
bluetooth              49892  4 rfcomm,l2cap
apm                    21228  1
ppdev                   9220  0
cpufreq_userspace       4696  0
cpufreq_stats           5636  0
freq_table              4740  1 cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave       1920  0
cpufreq_ondemand        6428  0
cpufreq_conservative     7332  0
dm_mod                 58936  1
md_mod                 72532  0
ipv6                  265600  6
lp                     11844  0
rsrc_nonstatic         13440  0
pcmcia_core            42640  1 rsrc_nonstatic
af_packet              22920  2
tsdev                   8000  0
rtc                    13492  0
pcspkr                  2180  0
parport_pc             35780  1
parport                36296  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
ide_floppy             19328  0
analog                 12320  0
gameport               15496  1 analog
via_agp                 9856  1
agpgart                34888  1 via_agp
i2c_via                 4484  0
i2c_algo_bit            9608  1 i2c_via
i2c_core               21904  1 i2c_algo_bit
psmouse                36228  0
serio_raw               7300  0
floppy                 62148  0
shpchp                 45632  0
pci_hotplug            29236  1 shpchp
tulip                  51872  0
evdev                   9856  1
ext3                  135688  1
jbd                    58772  1 ext3
ide_generic             1536  0
uhci_hcd               33680  0
usbcore               129668  2 uhci_hcd
ide_cd                 33028  0
cdrom                  38560  1 ide_cd
ide_disk               17664  3
via82cxxx               9988  0 [permanent]
generic                 5124  0
processor              23360  0
capability              5000  0
commoncap               7296  1 capability
vga16fb                13704  1
vgastate               10368  1 vga16fb
fbcon                  42784  74
tileblit                2816  1 fbcon
font                    8320  1 fbcon
bitblit                 6272  1 fbcon
softcursor              2304  1 bitblit

/sbin/lspci does nothing, invalid directory or file, thats all im typing, is there something else I have to type?

Redeye2 · 11-08-2006, 12:31 PM

Hmm yeah, doesn't seem to get recognized

I hate to give this advice, but why don't you buy a cheap sound card? I bought a $10 c-media genius card long ago and it's been working for me with no problems.

Hawkmed · 11-08-2006, 07:10 PM

Thats the plan.

rappol · 11-28-2006, 04:47 PM

ok here it goes a stupid question...

how do i execute the comand /sbin/ismod??

i've done.... Applications/Accessories/Terminal and... /sbin/ismod

i get the this... bash: /sbin/ismod: No such file or directory

plz help (i've the sme prob with sound card)

pljvaldez · 11-28-2006, 05:26 PM

That's because it's lowercase LSMOD, not ismod.

rappol · 11-28-2006, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pljvaldez

That's because it's lowercase LSMOD, not ismod.

lol thanks... i told u ..'stupid question'..heheh

ok here it is..can anyone help me to make the soundcard work?

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
xt_limit                2816  8 
xt_tcpudp               3584  10 
iptable_mangle          3072  0 
ipt_LOG                 7040  8 
ipt_MASQUERADE          3584  0 
ip_nat                 18348  1 ipt_MASQUERADE
ipt_TOS                 2560  0 
ipt_REJECT              5760  1 
ip_conntrack_irc        6896  0 
ip_conntrack_ftp        7792  0 
xt_state                2432  6 
ip_conntrack           50868  6 ipt_MASQUERADE,ip_nat,ip_conntrack_irc,ip_conntrack_ftp,xt_state
nfnetlink               7192  2 ip_nat,ip_conntrack
iptable_filter          3328  1 
ip_tables              13128  2 iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
x_tables               14724  8 xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,ipt_LOG,ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_TOS,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,ip_tables
binfmt_misc            11784  1 
rfcomm                 38936  0 
hidp                   32000  2 
l2cap                  23300  10 rfcomm,hidp
bluetooth              48996  5 rfcomm,hidp,l2cap
i915                   20608  2 
drm                    72468  3 i915
ipv6                  257632  8 
speedstep_lib           4868  0 
cpufreq_userspace       4372  0 
cpufreq_stats           5892  0 
freq_table              4996  1 cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave       2048  0 
cpufreq_ondemand        6944  0 
cpufreq_conservative     7200  0 
video                  16644  0 
tc1100_wmi              7428  0 
sbs                    15776  0 
sony_acpi               5516  0 
pcc_acpi               13184  0 
i2c_ec                  5376  1 sbs
i2c_core               22288  1 i2c_ec
hotkey                 10660  0 
dev_acpi               11140  0 
button                  7056  0 
battery                10756  0 
container               4736  0 
ac                      5892  0 
asus_acpi              16792  0 
xfs                   605556  1 
af_packet              21768  2 
dm_mod                 60088  4 
md_mod                 78740  0 
lp                     11972  0 
snd_intel8x0           33436  1 
snd_ac97_codec         96672  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus            2432  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            46080  0 
snd_mixer_oss          18560  1 snd_pcm_oss
tsdev                   8256  0 
tg3                   104708  0 
sg                     35356  0 
floppy                 60676  0 
rtc                    12596  0 
parport_pc             36132  1 
parport                37320  2 lp,parport_pc
snd_pcm                80520  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              23172  1 snd_pcm
evdev                  10496  1 
intel_agp              25116  1 
agpgart                33456  3 drm,intel_agp
shpchp                 40856  0 
pci_hotplug            31284  1 shpchp
serio_raw               7300  0 
psmouse                40072  0 
snd                    55428  8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               9952  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         10504  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
pcspkr                  3072  0 
ext3                  138632  1 
jbd                    55700  1 ext3
ehci_hcd               32520  0 
uhci_hcd               23176  0 
usbcore               130304  3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ide_generic             1536  0 
sd_mod                 21648  4 
ata_piix               10884  6 
libata                 73228  1 ata_piix
scsi_mod              141320  3 sg,sd_mod,libata
ide_cd                 32416  0 
cdrom                  37792  1 ide_cd
piix                   10628  1 
generic                 4868  0 
thermal                14600  0 
processor              26028  1 thermal
fan                     5124  0 
fbcon                  40480  0 
tileblit                2944  1 fbcon
font                    8448  1 fbcon
bitblit                 6272  1 fbcon
softcursor              2432  1 bitblit
vesafb                  8348  0 
capability              5000  0 
commoncap               7808  1 capability