Issue 1: Sound
Something I hear time and time again with Slackware is that people can't get their sound working. Often, it's just a matter of running "alsaconfig" and "alsamixer" and unmuting the volumes. Well, sadly, I've yet to find a fix for my sound issues. When running XMMS, I get the following errors in the terminal from which I ran it:
Code:
libmikmod.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
** WARNING** alsa_setup_mixer(): Failled to find mixer element: PCM
After a few searches around LQ.org I wasn't able to figure it out, though it could be that it's 5am. I'd really like your help on the matter.
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Issue 2: rxvt settings
There are many threads talking about Aterm and Eterm and Xterm not saving properly displaying settings detailled in the ~/.Xresources or ~/.Xdefaults file. However, none of the workarounds I was able to find helped. When I run rxvt (or xterm), I am presented with a prompt I don't like: black-on white text displaying "bash-3.00$". Until earlier today, it would put me in the /etc directory for an unknown reason, though the mystical Slack gremlins have assuaged that problem, it seems.
If I "su -" I get the correct root prompt (set in either /etc/profiles or in /root/.bashrc), but sadly the same does not happen if I su to the current user. Transparency and all that jazz I can figure out on my own, but the overwhelming problem exists that none of the settings are saved or are even used. Is this a known problem?
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Thank you for your time and help; as my signature says, I'm learning one command at a time