Re: Audio player error (amarok)

2005-10-14 Thread Jeremy Merritt
Marc is correct. I had the same problem. With the 2.4 kernel you must find the correct modules and load them. I never did get ALSA to work properly under the 2.4 kernel. So, I am not the right person to help further. I solved my problems by moving to the 2.6 kernel, which, as Marc

Re: Audio player error (amarok)

2005-10-13 Thread Jeremy Merritt
alsaconf returns:modinfo: snd: no module by that name foundmodinfo: snd: no module by that name foundmodinfo: snd: no module by that name foundUnloading ALSA sound driver modules: (none loaded).Building card database... modinfo: snd-opl3sa2: no module by that name foundmodinfo: snd-cs4236:

Re: Audio player error (amarok)

2005-10-12 Thread Jeremy Merritt
'cat /proc/asound/cards' returns No such file or directory --- marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's because you don't have a soundcard assigned to ALSA - which is what Gstreamer was telling you earlier, but it's best to check. Open the Control Centre/Sound Multimedia/Sound

Re: Audio player error (amarok)

2005-10-12 Thread Jeremy Merritt
--- Roger Creasy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you run alsaconf? Roger alsaconf returns: modinfo: snd: no module by that name found modinfo: snd: no module by that name found modinfo: snd: no module by that name found Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: (none loaded). Building card

Re: Audio player error (amarok)

2005-10-11 Thread Jeremy Merritt
After doing this, I did as you described. The message returned in amarok is: [GStreamer Error] ALSA device default does not exist --- marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The default gstreamer package in amarok is OSS. Remove it - why not? - and install the ALSA version (gstreamer0.8-alsa).

Re: Audio player error (amarok)

2005-10-11 Thread Jeremy Merritt
After doing this, I did as you described. The message returned in amarok is: [GStreamer Error] ALSA device default does not exist That's pretty clear. What does # cat /proc/asound/cards have to say? Sorry for the top post. 'cat /proc/asound/cards' returns No such file or

Re: Audio player error (amarok)

2005-10-10 Thread Jeremy Merritt
When I use XMMS's ALSA driver, I get a message that says: Couldn't open audio. Please check that: your soundcard is configured properly, you have the correct output plugin selected, and no other program is blocking the soundcard. ...when attempting to playback. Amarok has several engines to

Audio player error (amarok)

2005-10-08 Thread Jeremy Merritt
I have recently been having an error with several audio players, including amarok and xmms. Amarok produces the following error message: [GStreamer error] Could not open device '/dev/dsp' for writing. ** gstosselementc(752): gst_osselement_open_audio /root/bin system error: Resource

Synaptic Package Manager vs. RPM

2005-10-06 Thread Jeremy Merritt
I started using Debian in the past 2 months after using another Linux distro for a long time. The other distro relies on RPM for its package management, with the consequence of the user having to go through "dependency hell" on a regular basis. I have been amazed at the size of the Synaptic

Re: GRUB loader error message

2005-10-03 Thread Jeremy Merritt
Thank you sir, I will give that a try.Alvin Oga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Jeremy Merritt wrote: Windoze is installed on /dev/hda1k /dev/hda1 * 1 2433 19543041 7 HPFS/NTFSk .. that agrees with your prior statement /dev/hda2 2434 4865 19535040 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)that is windoze too

Re: GRUB loader error message (Thanks Alvin)

2005-10-03 Thread Jeremy Merritt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Jeremy Merritt wrote: Windoze is installed on /dev/hda1 k /dev/hda1 * 1243319543041 7 HPFS/NTFS k .. that agrees with your prior statement /dev/hda22434486519535040 f

GRUB loader error message

2005-10-02 Thread Jeremy Merritt
I was having trouble getting the grub loader to work on my machine after having to re-install Windoze XP. Finally I got the grub menu to come up but Debian will not load properly. /dev/hdb2 is the location of /root/grub The commands for loading Debian are listed as follows: root (hd1,1)

one correction to previous message

2005-10-02 Thread Jeremy Merritt
/root/grub should be /boot/grub, of course. Tx __ Yahoo! for Good Donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: GRUB loader error message

2005-10-02 Thread Jeremy Merritt
partition. I apparently overlooked this. (?) TX for your input. Still trying to figure it out... --- Alvin Oga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi ya jeremy On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Jeremy Merritt wrote: more grub fun :-) /dev/hdb2 is the location of /root/grub i assume you have a type

Re: GRUB loader error message

2005-10-02 Thread Jeremy Merritt
PROTECTED] wrote: Jeremy Merritt wrote: I was having trouble getting the grub loader to work on my machine after having to re-install Windoze XP. Finally I got the grub menu to come up but Debian will not load properly. /dev/hdb2 is the location of /root/grub The commands

GRUB problem

2005-09-27 Thread Jeremy Merritt
I have been having a problem getting my GRUB bootloader to return on boot. No matter what I do, it keeps going to XP. I consulted with other people on this list and got some good input. But have run into a dead end again. Can someone analyze these steps and tell me what I'm doing wrong, or what I

Re: GRUB problem

2005-09-27 Thread Jeremy Merritt
If having multiple partitions is the problem or part of the problem, how do I make /dev/hda2 bootable and make the others not bootable? Is that the only thing that needs to be done in addition to the other steps? --- Art Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeremy Merritt wrote: I have been

Re: GRUB problem (long, description of BOOT)

2005-09-27 Thread Jeremy Merritt
Wow, what a great explanation. I have read through it, but am going to do another to make sure it's all taken in. Thanks. --- Mike McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeremy Merritt wrote: I have been having a problem getting my GRUB bootloader to return on boot. No matter what I do

GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-25 Thread Jeremy Merritt
I need help figuring out what is going on with my Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It discarded the grub loader and now you can only boot to XP from hda1. I consulted with another Debian user who said to simply run 'grub-install

Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-25 Thread Jeremy Merritt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun September 25 2005 04:32 pm, Jeremy Merritt wrote: I need help figuring out what is going on with my Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It discarded the grub loader and now you can only boot