On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 06:15:23PM +1200, Adam Felix Bogacki said > Hi, attempting to installing MPlayer, I found had no audio with the > 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel. > I apt-installed the 2.4.25-1-686 kernel, headers, and alsa-modules but > was ultimately informed > on alsa-users that my kernel/modules were 'foobar' . Kernel 2.6 .5-1-686 > includes alsa-modules so I tried that. Well, 2.4.25 has about 6 local root exploits, but, aside from that, you can certainly build the ALSA modules from the alsa-source package. > On first reboot, I found that OO0 1.1 and AbiWord would not print but > that MPlayer had good audio and video, when it worked. On subsequent > reboots, the cursor was frozen in the center of screen following login > but I could use command-line functions in unconfigured windows, Yes, you do indeed need to read the kernel CHANGES document, or one of the trillions of 2.4->2.6 guides before embarking on a major kernel upgrade. For a start, you need to load the mousdev module, and possibly the psaux or psmouse one if you have a PS/2 mouse. Also, make sure you have hotplug installed. Some google hints: "dave jones 2.6 upgrade" and "wonderful world of 2.6". Printing problems probably stem from not loading the lp module. > including mutt and MPlayer. I tried a number of 'apt-get updates' and > 'apt-get dist-upgrades --fix-missing' in the hope that appropriate > package downloads would fix the cursor and problems. No, they were (probably) kernel config problems, which apt won't ever be able to fix. > The last 'dist-upgrade --fix-missing' included an upgrade of > 'kernel-image-2.6.5-1-686' and the > install of a 'libmouse' package, but then came a message that modules > needed to be re-generated during boot, and that I needed to 'reboot soon'. > > On rebooting however, I get the message "Loading Linux .........." and > then the screen hangs. That's, uh, bad. Does it go blank or does it just not change from that point? Does the disk audibly churn? > I can access the system on a 2.25 kernel rescue disk, but which does not > have net access. Can you purge (dpkg -P) and reinstall the kernel-image-2.6.5-1-686 package from this kernel? -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> | mlspam@ertius.org | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: clandestine rs9512c Blowpipe csim kilderkin Centro halcon
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