X doesn't start... please help...

Kuroyume · 11-14-2004, 01:57 PM

amigo boots right, but when i try to startx, the screen goes blank, and i have to ctrl+alt+backsparce to go back...

i tried running xf86config, but it didn't work... noew the screen goes blank for a momentand then it comes back, with a lot of error messages...

i have a celeron 300, 64 megs of ram, SiS 6326 video card and serial mouse...

new development: got x to start, but my desktop looks really bad... it is too big for the screen... so now i have to fix that...

esteeven · 11-14-2004, 02:53 PM

It's very useful to know which distro you are using ---- so that if there are tools available to help you, we can help you to find them and if there aren't, we can help you with the command line.
Keep at it!!

Kuroyume · 11-14-2004, 09:04 PM

Amigo 2.0

and iafter i managed to get X started, even if the screen looks wrong, i tried using opera and aparently amigo didn't pick up my broadband (cable modem) connection.

I have run Damn Small Linux on my computer and it has no problem with my internet conneection, so i thought amigo should pick it u, but it didn't

so, i basically have 2 problems:

screen is messed up, and internet doesn't work...

gnashley · 11-16-2004, 02:27 AM

What video card and resolution did you choose when you ran xf86config?
You may need to run netconfig and/or pppsetup to configure your cable modem.

Kuroyume · 11-17-2004, 12:15 PM

x is working like clockwork now, all i need is to get my internet working...

i ran netconfig, and nothing happened... i used the same settings i used with damn small linux, wich worked fine...

also having sound would be cool... i installed alsa but now i have no idea how to set it up...

skruf_man · 11-19-2004, 08:02 AM

Which network adapter do you have?
Run adsl-setup to configure ADSL.

Sound: load sound module in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules according to your sound card (/sbin/modprobe 'name of soundcardmodel')

run alsaconf or was it alsamixer and alsactl store

run command:
chmod 666 /dev/dsp*
chmod 666 /dev/mixer*

to let normal users access the sound card.

Hope this gives you some ideas.

Kuroyume · 11-19-2004, 03:47 PM

thanx!

internet is working now...

when i ran alsaconf it said that no PCI card was detected, and when it probed for ISA cards it says there aren't any legacy drivers present...

also, i have kind of an old computer (i bought it on 1999) with an integrated sound card, and i have no idea wich model it is... i even have þroblem finding drivers for windows...

gnashley · 11-20-2004, 07:50 AM

You should try the above suggestion from skruf_man which uses the legacy OSS sound drivers.

Kuroyume · 11-20-2004, 11:54 AM

ok... i ckecked, and i haace a cmi8330

i used modprobe snd-cmi8330, and it said it couldn't locate the module... so i guess i have to install it...

the question is how...

skruf_man · 11-22-2004, 01:28 AM

I think this sound card uses the sound blaster module... Try insert the command:

'/sbin/modprobe sb'

in the file '/etc/rc.d/rc.modules' and see what the result of this command is when booting (command 'dmesg' after boot)

You have to be user root to do this.

Kuroyume · 11-22-2004, 02:26 PM

Great!

that worked like a charm...

thank you... you have been very helpful...

now... i only have one problem... when i try to run alsamixer it says:

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failes for default: no such device

any ideas?

gnashley · 11-22-2004, 11:10 PM

You are using the legacy drivers not ALSA.

skruf_man · 11-23-2004, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kuroyume
Great!

that worked like a charm...

thank you... you have been very helpful...

now... i only have one problem... when i try to run alsamixer it says:

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failes for default: no such device

any ideas?

You can use auMix, on Slack CD1 in the /ap directory:
installpkg aumix*.tgz

Run 'aumix' adjust and save your desired volume.

I have tried this and it works great.

Good luck.

Rookie One · 12-18-2004, 06:06 PM

I think I'll refresh this thread.

I've also got CMI8330 and what I did (under 2.4.26 kernel) was:

- installed alsa-libs-1.0.6a-i486-1.tgz from slackware-current,
- installed alsa-oss-1.0.6a-i486-1.tgz from slackware-current,
- installed alsa-utils-1.0.6a-i486-1.tgz from slackware-current,
- installed alsa-driver-1.0.5a-i486-1.tgz from slackware-10,
- followed the CMI8330 /etc/modules.conf tutorial (the 'Setting up modprobe and kmod support' paragraph),
- created a ~/.asoundrc which looks like this:

Code:

pcm.!default {
   type plug
   slave.pcm "dmixer"
}

pcm.dsp0 {
   type plug
   slave.pcm "dmixer"
}

pcm.dmixer {
   type dmix
   ipc_key 1024
   slave {
      pcm "hw:0,0"
      period_time 0
      period_size 1024
      buffer_size 8192
      rate 44100
   }
   bindings {
      0 0
      1 1
   }
}

ctl.mixer0 {
   type hw
   card 0
}

- ran alsaconf,
- added:

Code:

/sbin/modprobe snd-cmi8330

to /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.

<EDIT>I've modified this a bit since after a reboot it turned out the 1.0.6a driver is even more f**ked up... So I advise you to use the drivers from your own Slackware version. That's it, I think.

</EDIT>

And now I've got full ALSA support with software mixing and OSS emulation.

There's only one drawback - the software mixing doesn't work if one program is playing through ALSA and some another tries to play through OSS (it also works like this the other way around) - you'll just get a 'device busy' warning. Apart from that, it works like a dream.

One more thing, I don't know what it's like on the 'old' 2.4.22 (I think it was 2.4.22... or maybe 2.4.25?) kernel on which Amigo 2 is based, you may encounter some problems with the driver package. If you do, try installing alsa-driver from slackware-9.1 instead of slackware-10.0.

That's it - hope this helps!