Re: Strange Tidings !!

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

shyamk@eth.net wrote:

> I have two things that I did on Red Hat that I failed to
> on Debian :
>
>
> 1) I configured my sound card suuccessfully and even 
> heard Elton John as well as Titanic on Red Hat Linux 7.1.
> But my Debian Potato r3 (that consists only of the free
> stuff - excludes the non-free stuff) , says - "Boss ! No!"
> they provide both aumix and splay (splay for listening) ,
> but when I try a splay -e   titanic.mp3 ,
> they say - "Can not find the sound device"
What type of sound card is it? What is the result of "lsmod"?

> 2) My mouse : I use a Logitech 3 button serial port  - mouse .
> RedHat 7.1 fusses at first , and takes it.
> Debian does not take it !          :-
>   a) The console mouse services : gpm does not work
>   b) The F86Setup asks me questions , I do not know how to answer !
> like : which device : psaux , etc .
You probably want to run gpmconfig and specify that your mouse is of 
type "ms" and is located at /dev/ttyS0 (for Com1) or /dev/ttyS1 (for 
Com2). Do this from a non-X virtual terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F1 from within X 
will switch you to the first VT, where you can log in and do this). Once 
the mouse is working correctly in text mode, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config 
and change the mouse settings to use protocol "ms" (I think) and 
location (Device) /dev/gpmdata. Restart X if necessary.

Kent