A few Mandirva 2006 questions

Tsukasa7 · 02-12-2006, 11:28 PM

So I used to have Linux on my machine, took up too much space, so I got rid of it. Now I am diving back in because I wan't to learn it more than I did last time. So I installed mandriva 2006 free version and have a few questions

1. When I start up and press enter on "linux" I get the loading screen then a black screen. If I press enter on the linun non ftb or whatever it said I can log in fine. How do I change this and why does it do that?

2. I remember having a problem with my old sound card, a SB Live 24-bit when I had Linux, but now I have a SB X-Fi Xtreme Music and it wouldn't install the driver either. Can someone tell me how or guide me to a site that has it?

I am going to sleep now so I won't respond till tomorrow afternoon, but all help would be greatly appreciated.

amosf · 02-13-2006, 12:04 AM

1. Likely the frame buffer driver conflicts with the X video driver. Set the machine to boot in non frame buffer mode. I always tend to do that as I use the nvidia 3D driver...

2. Check the ALSA compatibility for that one...

tur third · 02-13-2006, 06:54 AM

1. You can change which one is booted by default by going into 'system configuration > boot up' from the menus. This won't fix the problem, but should stop it starting the one that gives you the blank screen by default after 6 seconds. Not sure if that is much help...

Tsukasa7 · 02-13-2006, 08:50 AM

Cool, so how do I do the ALSA thing, remember, I am a newbie.

Tsukasa7 · 02-13-2006, 02:36 PM

Anyone, I know it's not that hard, I remember trying yo get it configured on my old Linux machine and it wasn't that hard if I remember correctly.

Tsukasa7 · 02-13-2006, 07:40 PM

Can anyone at all help me? I have looked for wiki's, Mandriva help pages, ALSA configs anything, but I can't find what I am looking for, I need help

btmiller · 02-13-2006, 08:47 PM

Try running the alsaconf command and see if it detects your card. If it does, you're probably more or less set. You can run alsamixer to set card parameters.

Tsukasa7 · 02-13-2006, 10:59 PM

Thank you, will try and tell you the results

Tsukasa7 · 02-13-2006, 11:09 PM

Ok, so I ran the command alsaconf and it said command not found. I have heard Mandrake is getting crappier, but it's the only Linux distro (with the exception of Xandros) I have gotten to work on my comp. I ran it as a root, so don't tell me that, I'm not that big of a noob lol.