I'm not exactly sure which RPM's need to be installed to get everything working.
I know that prior to having installed all of the packages and THEN installing the "missing" RPM's from the CD's (the ones which DO NOT get installed by default) I could not get full sound blaster support. Out of curiosity I started pouring thru the sound source code and noticed that Midi support was a reality. This set me on the path of trying to find out how to get it to work. Having run across Mandrake interdependancies before... I.E. for "proper" diald operation make sure you install Linuxconf and all of it's modules as well, but only install the diald rpm AFTER you have PPP working via Linuxconf... (WHERE IS THIS DOCUMENTED!) ...I assumed that I would need the extra RPMs' I've helped a few others on the list. Most have done the full installation and then gone back and added the missing ALSA and AUXMIX rpm's. Once done, and following the requisites of letting Mandrake's Control center set things up, then using Kcontrol, auxmix, etc. EVERYTHING works... I have no trouble running XMMS while KDE "event" sounds play back thru the same card now. Midi works, all the SBLive extra inputs work, the Joystick works, etc. Originally my SBLive was no more than a "wave" sound card.. With the above it finally became "full featured". One exception, Sound Fonts must be less than 32 megs in size... BTW: You've already invested more time than I did. -JMS |-----Original Message----- |From: Len Lawrence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:04 AM |To: Jose M. Sanchez |Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Harrison, Neil' |Subject: RE: [newbie] sound does work but xmms dont - mandrake 8.1 | | |On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: | |> KDE is part of the stock LM8.1 release. |Yep, I did know that. This is the first time I left it out. |> |> If you haven't installed it you'll probably also be missing other |> tools you'll need to get your system to run properly. This |may be why |> you are having such difficulty. If you haven't done a FULL |> installation all bets are off. Even then the installer omits |about 50% |> of the RPM's. |Mandrake should make that clear. As it is I always use expert |mode to ensure that home and data partitions are preserved and |to try and ensure that all needed RPMs are installed - always |miss a few though. On the last but one reinstall the script |got into a loop which did not allow a graceful exit (no |hdlists found, after the partitioning stage) then lost the |partition table. No disk when I tried to reinstall again. 17 |Gbs lost, including hundreds of digital photos collected over |the last two years and six months programming. Am now running |from the secondary disk, which is a lot smaller, hence the |need to streamline the system. This system will only boot from |floppy as well because the default disk is invisible. |> |> LM8.1 relies on having KDE around like it or not. |> |> I.E. the KDE Control Center sets up the Alsa-CTRL files used by the |> bootup scripts, etc. |Reluctant to reinstall. Maybe a piecemeal installation of KDE |applications? And would KDE Control Center resolve the |access/permissions issue? | |Thanks once again Jose for taking the trouble to reply. |-- |Len Lawrence @ The Thistle Foundation | | | |
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