Fluxbox/Slackware
Well, I've installed slackware 12.0 since I had an installation disk laying around and my windows Vista trial was over. I used to have a KDE/pekwm setup, and now I use Flux. I am having a bit of trouble with configuring the system to how I want it, and I can't set backgrounds or anything. The volume doesn't work, although the drivers are installed (according to KMix, and I use headphones). So, I need to get the sound to work, the background, and file permissions (I can't start XMMS which was installed with installpkg unless I'm under root/su in a terminal?). Its been a long break for me from linux, I just need a little push into the right direction to getting my system tweaked for performance and verstality.
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What is your soundcard? Did you try the alsamixer command?
In Fluxbox the background can be set in .fluxbox/init file. Like this, for example session.screen0.rootCommand: fbsetbg ~/Desktop/tigger_1610.jpg |
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Edit: I can't download files in Firefox? I get an error saying that I cannot write to the /tmp/ directory. I can't install add-ons into firefox either =\ |
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ls -l / return for /tmp? Try doing chmod 777 /tmp |
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What's the output of /sbin/lspci so we can determine the sound card type/chipset, etc?
As for backgrounds in flux, try the following: http://www.newlinuxuser.com/howto-se...er-in-fluxbox/ |
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0000:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02): |
first thing to try is open a terminal, then type 'alsamixer', bring all the levels up, then unmute your card by toggling the 'M' key on your keyboard. its best to have an mp3 playing in your media player while trying this.
theres also a quirk with some SB live cards (including mine), in that '00' mutes the sound, while 'MM' actually gives sound so toggle that 'M' key! then once you have sound (hopefully), press the escape key (top left) go back to the terminal, then as root, type 'alsactl_store' to save your changes. |
You seem to have two sound cards, an AC97 and a SoundBlaster. I'd assume the AC97 is onboard, you may want to disable the one that is onboard in the BIOS. Both should be supported though, I'd go with the soundblaster though if you can.
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I still haven't found a solution, is it because I'm using headphones?
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yeah about that 2 soundcards- $alsamixer will show you the name of the audio card in use
Card: SB Live 5.1 Chip: SigmaTel thats what it says for me i heard on windows you can setup to get audio-out even via microphone-in slot with some drivers. make sure its plugged in audio out (analog) |
Aren't you supposed to run alsaconf before alsamixer or alsactl store?
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