UPDATE
I (sigh) reinstalled MDK again (10th time?) but I finally got everything
working ( so far). It took some tweaking, but I think it was worth it.
My problems with the sound stemmed from the fact that the sound driver
emu10k1,was written for the 2.2.14-15mdk kernel version and at the time of
yesterday's post I was running the 2.2.14-1mdklinus version. It seems that
depending on the type and class of installation that I initially selected,
determined which kernel version was the default. I never performed the
'recommended' install, because I wanted to have control over using LILO (I
don't use it, I use a floppy disk to boot up MDK) So I've used the custom,
normal installation and version 2.2.14-15mdk was the default. here, my
CD/cdwriter needed tweaking (i.e. change IDE to SCSI emulation) but I kept
getting error messages I had no rule to *make* when I tried to run xconfig,
or menuconfig, just config (following the instructions on the linuxgurus
site)
So I reinstalled , chose, expert-normal,
and just blindly selected everything.
here it seems that the default kernel was 2.2.14-1mdklinus. I could make
kernel compilations, get my CD drives working, but no sound ( this is where
I was yesterday).So I downloaded the tarball driver, followed the
instructions, and at the end, got a load of error messages, the prime one
being that "the emu10xxx, driver used is for kernel v.2.2.14-15mdk, and
you're using 2.2.14-1mdklinus". I must admit that I tried searching for the
appropriate driver, and even read a mini how-to, to correct these error
messages, but it began to get extremely complicated, and yes frustration
set in, so... I reformatted the partition and yes, reinstalled MDK. This
time I chose the expert-development route and paid extremely close attention
to what was being installed (I'm sure I included stuff that I probably won't
use), especially if it had to do with the kernel. SO I rebooted and watched
the scrolling messages fly by, the only error message that I got had to do
with the CD drives having bad blocks. I had version 2.2.14-15mdk again,with
sound and no access to the CD drives. This time though I was able to "make
xconfig" and recompile the kernel and .
WHEW, everything so far is working Music , printer , internet. I know that
the reason why I chose to reformat/install so many times is because I didn't
really have anything to lose , just time and internet configurations. But
everything appears to be working... so far.
Original Message -
From: "rose" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Cerritos LUG" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 9:34 AM
Subject: [newbie] Printer working; no sound modules
Hey , I finally got my printer working!!
It didn't take a degree in rocket science either!
I noticed that as i was booting up, during POST, the Parallel Port was
listed as 'disabled'.
I thought that was really strange because the printer works fine in
Windows, but I couldn't get it to work in MDK ( didn't even detect it).
I went into the CMOS, changed the setting for the Parallel Port (to the
'Setup Default') booted into MDK and saw messages that the parport0 was
detected. After logging in, starting X, I started 'DrakConf"went to
printer setup and everything fell into place, WHEW.
Now to the problem at hand.
Also ,as MDK was loading , I saw an error message stating that it
couldn't find the sound module. when I run "sndconfig" i get a message
" The modules used for your card (SBLive), emu10k1.o, is not currently
in your module search path. Please verify that your kernel modules are
currently installed.
O.K. so now what do i do (after i download the emu10k1 tar driver from
Creative)
