two intractable problems
Apologies for cross-posting.
I'm trying to get my Dad's machines set up so I can leave the US and
return Down Under, and I'm tearing my hair out with some problems I'm
running into. I bought both the machines involved, and have run Linux
on them successfully for a while, and so has he.
We want gnomemeeting on them, so we can keep in touch. Windows and
Netmeeting has worked just fine quite a while, but I can't get Linux set
up.
On the Toshiba Tecra 780 laptop, I can't get sound with any modern
distro. Not Debian, not Redhat 9, not SuSE 8.2. SuSE 7.3 does it, but
then no Gnome 2 and no gnomemeeting. I had a look at the modules loaded
in SuSE 7.3/alsa 0.5, and I've built alsa 0.9 and alsa 0.5 in Debian but
no joy. The alsa configuration program in debconf builds the
configuration, but it doesn't then work. It's a Tecra 780 with a Yamaha
OPL3-SA2 sound card - does anyone know how to make one of those work?
The other problem is much weirder. The desktop machine kills the cable
modem connection when it's powered up. Even when there's no ethernet
cable connecting it to the modem.
Didn't used to. It's worked for almost 2 years on that setup, and now
it's killing it. Windows or Linux. Pulling the machine into another
room and powering it up there seems not to kill the modem, so power is
all I can think of, but that's ridiculously inconvenient in his house -
the cable goes into the computer room. Has anyone seen such behavior?
Lesser problems with the desktop involve the BestData VC-100 bttv video
camera not working with Debian Woody (drivers lock up), but if we can't
put it on the net, that doesn't matter a lot.
I'd hate to have to leave him with Windows only, and me having to boot
Windows to contact him. He'd rather use Linux, and I'm sure I do too.
A shot in the dark, but I don't have a lot of hair left at this point.
Anyone seen either of these problems?
Cheers,
Bret
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