[SoulNothing]

first i want to know if linux handles dual monitor support i got a nvidia 5200 plus 128mb card that allows for it but i cant figure it out

2ndly got to get my cd player to work i tried changing the mnt points etc. but it doesnt seem to be auto mounting and now its saying the mnt point isnt present

it says nautilus was unable to mount the selected drives

i have a cendyne cd rw and a jlms dvd



cd player partially fixed just won work under gnome

but im having issues with my audigy

heres some things bout it

under system config
Vendor: ‎Creative Labs

Alternative drivers: ‎snd-emu10k1

Bus: ‎PCI

Bus identification: ‎1102:4:1102:58

Location on the bus: ‎2:7:0

Description: ‎EMU10K2 Audigy Audio Processor

Module: ‎audigy

Media class: ‎MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO

Driver Snd-intel8x0
need any more info just ask
thanks in advance

runnning mandrake 10 ce

[Edited by soulnothing on 2004-04-21 17:24:56]

[danleff]

I'll take a stab at the sound.

Does this motherboard have onboard sound? If so, and you are using an add-on card for audigy, disable the sound for the onboard card in the bios.

If not, alsa may be disabled by default. Type alsamixer in a terminal window and see if the volumes are set up. If not, set them all the way up. See if this has any effect. You can refer to the following thread;

http://gooeylinux.org/forums/index.php?s...&#entry3392

In terms of the dvd and cdrw, how are the jumpers set up on each drive? master..slave? Do either work in any other OS?

Some cdrw and dvd drives insist on being set to master. Do the drives show up in dmesg? As what? hdc..hdd..etc..

I don't use Gnome, so I am going to stick to the basics of how the drives are/should be set up.

[SoulNothing]

first off
dvd drive master
cd rw slave

and dont worry about gnome its just under gnome and i dont care what desktop manager i use as long as its linux

odd thing is i booted linux to check out whether it read the audigy didnt see so i unplugged it and plugged it back in guess thats the term coulkdnt find it and then i noticed the whole driver cab went cablooie not that i care but just an odd side note of what happened after installing mandrake next can i get like adobe photoshop and macromedia mx on here i have both of them i just wanted to know because it hasnt associated exe yet

thanks for the response danleff

oh and onboard video and sound are dissabled
now i just need to figure out dual monorting

[SoulNothing]

Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device: default can't be opened for playback (No such device)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

got this after messing with the alsamixer

and im lost now for this comes up when i type alsa mixer into the cli

[soul@localhost soul]$ alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
[soul@localhost soul]$
agggh should i just reinstall mandrake

[blackpage]

gidday soulnothing,

I have a couple of ATIs and GF5200-machines running with TwinView. So help is on its way. Will post you a link to one of my XF86Config-4 that should demonstrate how to set up TwinView with them 5200-cards. Just lemme get to the office

cu

[blackpage]

[SoulNothing]

thaks everyone big help thus far i just finished reinstalling mandrake

i cant wait to get into the cli blackpage this looks like fun

gaggh my local account is only limited i cant see my hard drive mount or anything thus the problem with the cd players what should i do on the options there are so many perty choices

[SoulNothing]

i just realized windows made things so bloody easy but linux you must learn im having so much fun here

like with the dual monitor that was so easy

now where are those updates its bugging me for

[SoulNothing]

alright black page i got your post and its ideas but i need the source kernel file woul that be .tar.bz .srpm if srpm where do i go for it

[blackpage]

heya soulnothing,

all you need to install are the source files for the kernel. You can do this in the package manager (rpmdrake). just enter the word "kernel" and click "search" and you should be presented with a list of found packages. From those install "kernel-source-2.6.3-4mdk". The rest should be handled by the PackageManager.

hope this helps

[SoulNothing]

got the kernel source and tried installing it but it said it was already installed so i let it be but now i dont have permission to install on the cli


also real quick is there a way to get updates for free for mandrake all i could figure out is that you have to be a club memeber and also is it like windows updates auto install
[Edited by soulnothing on 2004-04-23 23:51:54]

[blackpage]

gidday,

re: no permission ... nod, as stated above you need to be root to compile and install the NVIDIA-driver. For this you have to leave your graphical environment (KDE/GNOME ...) by opening a console under KDE e.g and typing "init 3". If it gives you a "permission denied", just make yourself root in the console by typing "su" and entering the root password. After that you can surely "init 3" to shut down the gui. After that, change to the directory you d/l the NVIDIA driver to and run the bin-file by typing "./NVIDIA-etc-etc.bin"

cu

[blackpage]

correction/addendum:

oops, I say, to my surprise i had to find out that my MDK10 here ignores an "init 3". So to log into the system and into a console you might want to disable the "auto boot-into-gui"-mode. You can do this via "Configure your computer" from the DrakMenu. As I have a german version here, I have prepared a screenie to show you what switches to set:

http://lepschi.source.at/disable-auto-gui.jpg

But before you do so, you might want to ask yourself some cruical questions:

(a) Can you handle a non-KDE/GNOME editor like emacs, as you need to make changes to your XF86Config-4 file?
(eg. in emacs: "CTRL-X/S = save, CTRL-X/C = quit")

(b) Have you made a backup of your original XF86Config-4 file that you can restore from within command-shell to ensure you can get back to KDE/GNOME in case something goes wrong?
(backup: "root@machine# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4-save"
restore: "root@machine# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4-save /etc/X11/XF86Config-4")

after all, we would not want you to get lost somewhere on the command line

cu

[SoulNothing]

blackpage i already have boot into cli as default i lived in the command prompt on windows and i know a bit of C++ i may be a linux newbie but im trying to learn this stuff im just not aquanted im adapting from a windows enviroment im still learning the bash code and where to get the updates im in awe as how many default programs there are and how much their is to learn but its fun and its a challenge have i backed up the x86 file no i dont know where it is i been busy playing around in the cli with the nvidia driver
and i look at it like this if i mess up i can always reinstall a o/s is rare to remain standing for more than a week on my system because of my expiriminitations so a guide would be helpful just tell the directorys these things are located in and a few of the bash commands and ill be fine i thank you for all your help blackpage

sorry if i sound a bit defensive im not im just saying i can handle the hard stuff if i mess up at least i learned something

im backing it up once i log off k