28 Feb
2003
28 Feb
'03
1:29 p.m.
Austin Acton wrote:
[re: sound configuration]
Arts is your problem. Try killing artsd. You can set
that up
permanently in KDE control centre somewhere.
Sorry, no can do. I've found the artscontrol panel, I can suspend the
daemon but not permanently, and trying to launch aumix fails either way.
The CD player appears to work, but I get no sound, possibly because the
channel's muted, but I can't unmute the channel because the mixer won't
launch. Sucks.
[re: Internet configuration]
Yep. The connect tool in 8.2 was messed up. Is it
such a big problem
that it lies to you? You can see the I/O meter is active which tells
you you are connected.
Right-o, no problem for me, but I'm setting up these machines for other
people who are not particularly Linux-savvy. When they see something
like "Internet connection failed" they're very likely to think that's
exactly what the message means.
[re: GCC 2.96 error]
You're likely missing some packages. Did you
install the development suite?
The whole enchilada, yep.
As a test I downloaded and tried to build libsndfile. The config.log
indicates that cpp0 is not found. So I found it in
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.0.4. Alas, after adding that
location to my path the build fails with complaints about not finding
various headers. Building another package (FLTK) fails because configure
can't find the X libs, despite the libraries being in /usr/X11R6/lib and
that location is in ld.so.conf.
Why are you using 8.2? 9.0 is current, and 9.1 will
be out in a month.
9.0 stock has a few problems, so be sure to install the errata packages
as well from the Mandrake update website.
Because that's what came with the machines. If Mandrake has some kind of
on-line upgrade, please advise. I have the net connection (ADSL)
working, so if it's easily done I'll upgrade over the wires.
Daniel James wrote:
Get a copy of 9.0, or even 9.1rc1 which just came out.
8.2 is pretty old by
Mandrake standards. You'll be pleased to know that 9.x is gcc 3 based...
No money for 9.0 so unless I can upgrade over the net this install is
headed for the can...
Thanks for the assistance, guys. Sorry I'm so testy, this is just not a
pleasant experience. The installation itself is indeed painless but the
configuration is a nightmare.
Best regards,
== Dave Phillips
The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org