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2 Problems/Questions

  • 19-10-2002 5:31pm
    #1
    Mixie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 935 ✭✭✭


    Both posts relate to RedHat 8.0.

    Firstly, a Creative Labs, SoundBlaster Live! Value soundcard - one of the 'digital only' ones. In windows I tick a box saying 'use digital output only' and all is good, no audio problems at all... unfortunately theres no such tickbox in linux that I'm aware, so I'm wondering how I can change it, if at all? Googling proved useless, insisting i install various drivers, none of which worked :(

    Second problem, a 3com Combi-Card (BNC & Ethernet). I posted about it before, and when I managed to get it working, I added the solution to the thread... but I'm wondering if theres an alternate solution as I've recently installed RH8 on a 2nd PC, one with an identical network card, but it loads fine first time, every time... any ideas why that'd be the case? (I also tried RH8 on the PC in the old thread, it still has the net card 'problem')


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  • #2
    SkepticOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭SkepticOne


    Originally posted by Mixie
    Second problem, a 3com Combi-Card (BNC & Ethernet). I posted about it before, and when I managed to get it working, I added the solution to the thread... but I'm wondering if theres an alternate solution as I've recently installed RH8 on a 2nd PC, one with an identical network card, but it loads fine first time, every time... any ideas why that'd be the case? (I also tried RH8 on the PC in the old thread, it still has the net card 'problem')

    Your solution from the other thread:

    ifconfig eth0 down; rmmod 3c59x
    insmod 3c59x options=0x0203
    ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0

    What is the output of ifconfig after rebooting this machine prior to running these commands?

    What is the output of lsmod prior to these commands?

    What is the content of /etc/modules.conf?

    I'm not sure how Redhat stores its network configuration but there may be a file called "ifconfig.eth0" most likely in /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/. Can we see the contents of that?

    Try running depmod to update the module dependencies.


  • #3
    Mixie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 935 ✭✭✭Mixie


    Thanks SkepticOne...

    ifconfig:
    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:04:2E:6D:C9
    inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:4
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
    RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:240 (240.0 b)
    Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe880

    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
    RX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:3288 (3.2 Kb) TX bytes:3288 (3.2 Kb)

    lsmod:
    Module Size Used by Not tainted
    ide-cd 31432 0 (autoclean)
    cdrom 30976 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd]
    autofs 12228 0 (autoclean) (unused)
    3c59x 29392 1
    ipt_REJECT 3448 6 (autoclean)
    iptable_filter 2316 1 (autoclean)
    ip_tables 14456 2 [ipt_REJECT iptable_filter]
    mousedev 5236 1
    keybdev 2688 0 (unused)
    hid 20836 0 (unused)
    input 5664 0 [mousedev keybdev hid]
    usb-uhci 24524 0 (unused)
    usbcore 71680 1 [hid usb-uhci]
    ext3 64224 2
    jbd 48180 2 [ext3]

    modules.conf:
    alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
    alias eth0 3c59x
    alias sound-slot-0 es1370
    post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
    pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
    alias usb-controller usb-uhci
    options 3c59x irq=9

    My system doesn't have a /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/, or ifconfig.eth0 (or anything like it) I'm afraid, and unfortunately depmod didn't help :(

    When typing in my previous solution a minute ago to transfer the files to this PC, I forgot to type options=0x0203 on the insmod line.... but it still worked. Omitting the options=0x0203 on mandrake 8.2 meant it still didnt work, but RH8 doesn't seem to mind at all?


  • #4
    Mixie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 935 ✭✭✭Mixie


    Found RedHat has a system log app today, and under 'system log' it had the following:
    .....
    Oct 22 16:38:28 MyPC kernel: Creative EMU10K1 PCI Audio Driver, version 0.19, 12:25:24 Sep 4 2002
    Oct 22 16:38:28 MyPC kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:09.0
    Oct 22 16:38:28 MyPC kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:0d.0
    Oct 22 16:38:28 MyPC kernel: emu10k1: EMU10K1 rev 7 model 0x8032 found, IO at 0xef20-0xef3f, IRQ 9
    Oct 22 16:38:28 MyPC kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x4352:0x5914 (Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev B)
    Oct 22 16:38:28 MyPC modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-3
    .....

    Will have a google for more info tomorrow if/when i get a chance


  • #5
    Typedef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,564 ✭✭✭Typedef


    Mixie in etc modules.conf the options should say
    options 3c59x io=0x0203

    If you notice you are currently setting it's irq to 9 when in the former solution you were setting the io range! Thus instead of setting the irq, set the io range instead.

    From www.linuxnewbie.org
    getting your soundblaster live to work with linux
    http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/Soundcards


  • #6
    SkepticOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭SkepticOne


    From the ifconfig output:

    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:04:2E:6D:C9
    inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

    Note the '0' in the address as opposed to '1' in the previous solution. This should mean that with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, this machine won't be able to talk to the others. This should be changed to 192.168.1.3 in the RedHat configuration utility (linuxconf?).


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  • #7
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    I'm not sure how Redhat stores its network configuration but there may be a file called "ifconfig.eth0" most likely in /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/.

    /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

    adam


  • #8
    Mixie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 935 ✭✭✭Mixie


    Sorry SkepticOne, I forgot to mention that since the previous post, I've started using 192.168.0.* at home (Windows ICS required it)

    As for the soundcard problem, I managed to get a utility to switch it into digital only mode, but it still didnt work.... in the readme file it mentions Gateway OEM SB Live! value cards, and that because of the differences in them, that they're not currently supported in digital mode :(


  • #9
    SkepticOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭SkepticOne


    Did you try Typedef's suggestion with modules.conf?


  • #10
    Mixie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 935 ✭✭✭Mixie


    When typing in my previous solution a minute ago to transfer the files to this PC, I forgot to type options=0x0203 on the insmod line.... but it still worked. Omitting the options=0x0203 on mandrake 8.2 meant it still didnt work, but RH8 doesn't seem to mind at all?

    Yeah, I tried it, but no luck unfortunately... As I said above, the options=0x0203 doesn't make any difference on RH8 -> it works without that, even though mandrake 8.2 didnt. strange.


  • #11
    Typedef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,564 ✭✭✭Typedef


    So use the kernel version in mandrake that Red Hat uses!


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