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b.rutkovsky
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 Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject: few questions |
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hi I am new to gentoo and I have some problems...
1. sound icon is always muted when gentoo starts...is there possibility to change it to unmuted on start?
2. maybe a stupid question...I don't know how to browse cd. I put the cd into the cd-rom and nothing happens. Where's the cd-rom located?
3. there's no sound on youtube:/
...please help me;P |
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Cride5
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | 1. sound icon is always muted when gentoo starts...is there possibility to change it to unmuted on start? |
I think when the volume is adjusted by root then it remains persistent between reboots, try>
(if you are using the alsa sound systen)
then adjust the volume
| Quote: | | 2. maybe a stupid question...I don't know how to browse cd. I put the cd into the cd-rom and nothing happens. Where's the cd-rom located? |
You need to mount the CD device which is usually at /dev/cdrom, simplest way to do this is:
| Code: | $ su
# mkdir /mnt/cdrom
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
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This will change you to root. You then need to create the directory you are going to mount the cd onto and finally you do the mount. You need to remember to to umount /mnt/cdrom to unmount it when you are finnished.
If you want to be able to mount the cd without being root you should add a line like the following to /etc/fstab
| Code: | | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user 0 0 |
Then it is just a case of typing (as any user): mount /mnt/cdrom
| Quote: | | 3. there's no sound on youtube:/ |
I'm assuming you have flash and the appropriate codecs installed. I would imagine it relates to your previous problem with sound being muted. Fixing problem 1 should probably fix this one...
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Zepp
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:20 pm Post subject: Re: few questions |
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| b.rutkovsky wrote: | | 1. sound icon is always muted when gentoo starts...is there possibility to change it to unmuted on start? |
Unmute and raise the volume to the desired levels using whatever mixer you like, I just use alsamixer. Then run
| Code: | | /etc/init.d/alsasound save |
As root to save the mixer levels. They should be restored when ALSA is started
| b.rutkovsky wrote: | | 2. maybe a stupid question...I don't know how to browse cd. I put the cd into the cd-rom and nothing happens. Where's the cd-rom located? |
Are you using kde, gnome, something else? If you are using an automounter of some sort the cdrom is automatically mounted to /media/cdrom. You can check what devices are mounted and what their mount points are by running from the shell. If auto-mounting isn't working for you please let me know what you are using for a DE/WM so I can give the proper advice/help. Thanks.
| b.rutkovsky wrote: | | 3. there's no sound on youtube:/ |
Was anything else using the soundcard at the time? What sound card do you have? This could be a mixing problem. |
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slycordinator
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| FYI: If you're in the "audio" group you won't need to be root to run alsamixer |
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Zepp
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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True, but he will need to be root to run | Code: | | /etc/init.d/alsasound save |
afterwards. |
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b.rutkovsky
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: few questions |
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| Zepp wrote: |
/etc/init.d/alsasound save
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It doesn't work. Maybe the problem is that even if I change volume in alsamixer it is still muted until I unmute it in the Volume Applet 2.14.2 (I've it on my panel so it's probably used as a default volume controller).
| Cride5 wrote: | | mkdir /mnt/cdrom |
"mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/cdrom': No such file or directory"
| Zepp wrote: | | If auto-mounting isn't working for you please let me know what you are using for a DE/WM so I can give the proper advice/help. |
I'm using Gnome
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Was anything else using the soundcard at the time? What sound card do you have? This could be a mixing problem. |
Nothing was using the soundcard at that time. I have Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW High Definition Audio Controller.
I have flash installed...codecs...hm I don't know which codecs are required...but I can play sound files like mp3 or wave |
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Zepp
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: few questions |
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| b.rutkovsky wrote: | | Zepp wrote: |
/etc/init.d/alsasound save
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It doesn't work. Maybe the problem is that even if I change volume in alsamixer it is still muted until I unmute it in the Volume Applet 2.14.2 (I've it on my panel so it's probably used as a default volume controller). |
pressing 'm' should mute/unmute the selected channel in alsamixer. /etc/init.d/alsasound save errors or just doesn't restore the mixer settings when you restart alsa?
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| Cride5 wrote: | | mkdir /mnt/cdrom |
"mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/cdrom': No such file or directory" |
What does ls / return, do you don't have a /mnt directory....?
| b.rutkovsky wrote: | | Zepp wrote: | | If auto-mounting isn't working for you please let me know what you are using for a DE/WM so I can give the proper advice/help. |
I'm using Gnome |
emerge gnome-volume-manager if it isn't installed. |
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b.rutkovsky
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:22 pm Post subject: Re: few questions |
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| Zepp wrote: |
pressing 'm' should mute/unmute the selected channel in alsamixer. /etc/init.d/alsasound save errors or just doesn't restore the mixer settings when you restart alsa? |
ok, now when I unmute sound in alsamixer it's also unmuted on the panel, but after adding the "/etc/init.d/alsasound save" and reboot the sound is muted again:/
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What does ls / return, do you don't have a /mnt directory....? |
I don't know:P...I installed gentoo from livecd (I mounted /, /boot, /home etc on partitions)
| Code: | # mount
/dev/hda8 on / type reiserfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda5 on /opt type reiserfs (rw)
/dev/hda6 on /var type reiserfs (rw)
/dev/hda7 on /usr type reiserfs (rw)
/dev/hda9 on /home type ext3 (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,devmode=0664,devgid=85)
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| Zepp wrote: | emerge gnome-volume-manager
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Wasn't installed, emerged it and when I insert cd also nothing happens:D
When I enter the volume management in Gnome menu I get:
| Code: | Volume management not supported
The "hald" service is required but not currently running. Enable the service and rerun this application, or contact your system administrator.
Note: You need Linux kernel 2.6 for volume management to work. |
I'm 100% sure I have 2.6 kernel
Two other questions;) :
- what will happen to previously emerged applications if I recompile kernel?
- is there possibility to reemerge applications with new USE flags without loosing configuration (for example if I forgotten to add some flags before first emerge)? |
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float-
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:07 am Post subject: |
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try adding alsa to your boot runlevel
| Code: | | rc-update add alsasound boot |
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Zepp
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:09 am Post subject: Re: few questions |
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| b.rutkovsky wrote: |
| Zepp wrote: |
What does ls / return, do you don't have a /mnt directory....? |
I don't know:P...I installed gentoo from livecd (I mounted /, /boot, /home etc on partitions)
| Code: | # mount
/dev/hda8 on / type reiserfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda5 on /opt type reiserfs (rw)
/dev/hda6 on /var type reiserfs (rw)
/dev/hda7 on /usr type reiserfs (rw)
/dev/hda9 on /home type ext3 (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,devmode=0664,devgid=85)
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mkdir /mnt if you don't have the directory already, you should but I don't know how the livecd works as I don't use it.
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| Zepp wrote: | emerge gnome-volume-manager
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Wasn't installed, emerged it and when I insert cd also nothing happens:D
When I enter the volume management in Gnome menu I get:
| Code: | Volume management not supported
The "hald" service is required but not currently running. Enable the service and rerun this application, or contact your system administrator.
Note: You need Linux kernel 2.6 for volume management to work. |
I'm 100% sure I have 2.6 kernel |
If you don't have HAL you should emerge it.
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Two other questions;) :
- what will happen to previously emerged applications if I recompile kernel?
- is there possibility to reemerge applications with new USE flags without loosing configuration (for example if I forgotten to add some flags before first emerge)? |
- Nothing unless they depend on some kernel feature that you do not include in the new kernel
- Yes. |
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b.rutkovsky
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | localhost bartek # mkdir /mnt
localhost bartek # mkdir /mnt/cdrom
localhost bartek # mount /dev/cdrom mnt/cdrom
mount: mount point mnt/cdrom does not exist
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wtf?
float- , it helped..thanks 
| Zepp wrote: | | If you don't have HAL you should emerge it. |
ok I emerged it but how to enable it? |
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Zepp
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| b.rutkovsky wrote: | | Code: | localhost bartek # mkdir /mnt
localhost bartek # mkdir /mnt/cdrom
localhost bartek # mount /dev/cdrom mnt/cdrom
mount: mount point mnt/cdrom does not exist
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wtf?
float- , it helped..thanks
| Zepp wrote: | | If you don't have HAL you should emerge it. |
ok I emerged it but how to enable it? |
For the first bit (the mount command) you forgot the leading / it should read "/mnt/cdrom" (unless you are actually currently in / which you are not judging by your $PS1 )
To start HAL
| Code: | /etc/init.d/hald start
rc-update add hald default |
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b.rutkovsky
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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BIG THANKS!!!
I've run hald and cdrom is working fine:D
and...no way:P...the sound on youtube started to work also:P |
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