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Fresh install Slackware 12.2 on HP dv3-2155mx

Intel Core2 Duo Processor T6500
800MHz system bus, 2MB L2 cache and 2.1GHz processor speed per core.
4GB DDR2 memory
Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW (DVD+R DL) supports LightScribe direct-disc labels = ?(Does *NIX support LightScribe?)
500GB SATA hard drive (5400 rpm)
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD up to 1759MB total available graphics memory
Altec Lansing speakers with SRS Premium Sound
Touch media controls and HP Mobile remote
13.3" high-definition(1366 x 768) widescreen display
Built-in webcam
5-in-1 media reader
Supports Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO and xD Picture Card formats.
2 high-speed USB 2.0 ports
Built-in wireless LAN (802.11b/g)
Built-in 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition operating system with Service Pack 1= Banished, sent into exile.
I originally installed Kubuntu(64bit) 9.04 and was going to stick with that until Slackware64 was stable.
Only thing is that I couldn't get sound working.
Really long story short, I start all over again.
This time with 12.2
Now I have no sound, no wireless or wired internet connection.
That's what I got so far.
Here is what I want to do.
I am going to to be traveling a lot.
This has to be my everything machine.
Business and pleasure.
If someone can point me in the right direction that would be great or if someone who is in the 21122 zip code that's willing to meet up and walk me through this would be even better.
Anyhow, tell me what you think.

For sound run as root in a terminal, alsaconf then open a mixer such as amixer,kmix or aumix and then run alsactl store.

For the wired network connection run netconfig as root.

Wireless is an arcane subject best left for others to help you with as I don't have a wireless card.

samac

Thank you samac for such a quick reply.
I'll post my progress.

Ran alsconf and netconfig as root.
Opened kmix and then ran alsactl store.
Rebooted.
No sound.
Started firefox "address not found"
What did I do wrong?

Quote:

What did I do wrong?

Oh boy! The list could be endless. For a start you could post the output of lspci (as root) and groups (as user).

samac

Hi,

Whenever you are configuring your system use the 'cli'. Stay away from 'KDE' to setup your hardware.

As root from the cli you should have done 'alsaconf' then 'alsamixer' to setup the mixer. Once done you use 'esc' to exit the mixer then do a 'alsactl store'.

For the wireless you can use 'Configuring your network in Slackware' by Alien_Bob.

The above link and others available from 'Slackware-Links'. More than just Slackware® links!

lspci =
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controler Hub (rev 07)

00:02.0 VGA Compatible Controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Intergrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Intergrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)

00:01a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)

00:01a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)

00:01a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 3)

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 3)

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 3)

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 3)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Controller 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus (rev 03)

02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Unknown device 002b (rev 01)

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL9102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev ff)

Thank you onebuck.
Seeing how I already tried to configure using an x-term in KDE.
Should I do it again from the command line? or do I start from scratch and reinstall starting with disk 1?

Here is a solution posted on an ubuntu forum modified for slackware

Quote:

The solution is quite simply.
First:
nano /etc/modprobe.d/sound

Then add the following to the end of the file:
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1

it should now look something like this.

Code:

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel

options snd-hda-intel model=hp-dv3

options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1

Hope this works.

samac

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by krlrvr (Post 3623467)

Thank you onebuck.
Seeing how I already tried to configure using an x-term in KDE.
Should I do it again from the command line? or do I start from scratch and reinstall starting with disk 1?

You can exit 'KDE' and start the configuration as detailed. 'samac' gave you some possible solutions.

As I stated before you should not rely on 'KDE' or any other environment to configure your system. By using the 'cli' you know what is being done.

Thank you samac for being so helpful.
How do I test the sound?

Okay, now sound works(I played an mp3 off a USB stick in Amarok) but it a stutter or skipping effect.

Glad that it now is sort of working, if you were able to get on the internet you could search for snd-hda-intel model=hp-dv3 and maybe get some hints on improving the sound.

On a the network front, run lsmod as root and look for r1000. That is the module required by your on-board network device. If it is not there try, again as root on the command line,

Code:

modprobe r1000

then do the netconfig thing again.

Another command that can help network card diagnostics is

Code:

ifconfig -a

this will report what network devices are attached.

samac

From cli:
modprobe r1000
FATAL: Module r1000 not found.

ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:5a:ae:87:b0
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:14645001 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:810 (810.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0x2000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1448 (1.4 KiB) TX bytes:1448 (1.4 KiB)

It looks like your eth0 card is showing a mac address, but you haven't got a kernel module to drive it. You can download on at the Realtek site here is a link. I have never had to compile a module so I am not 100% sure of the procedure so I would suggest downloading the correct driver and then searching for compile module slackware. That should get you started.

samac