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  2. Audio drivers fail to initialize [solved]

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by r.nicholas

    Hello, I've been using mandriva spring 2008 for a while now and have had no trouble with drivers until now. I have no sound whatsoever and when i attempt to open an mp3 or wav with kaffeine i get the message: "Loading of player part 'XinePart' failed. All Audio Drivers failed to initialize."

     

    [robert@Bob-PC ~]$ lspci |grep -i audio

    00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

    [robert@Bob-PC ~]$ lspcidrake -v |fgrep -i AUDIO

    snd_hda_intel : Intel Corporation|82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (vendor:8086 device:284b subv:17aa subd:20ac)

    [robert@Bob-PC ~]$ grep sound-slot /etc/modprobe.conf

    alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel

     

    Thanks for the help!

  4. rpmdrake no longer on system? [solved]

    in Software

    Posted · Edited by r.nicholas

    Hello, lately i've been adding new software with rpmdrake but somehow yesterday when i booted up i was unable to find the "add new software" tab in the menu. When i went to "configure your computer" there was no tab for software management. I couldn't execute rpmdrake from a terminal either. I ran a search in / for rpmdrake and got no results. I still have urpmi on my system but would prefer not to have to use a terminal to install software.

     

    I wish I could put my finger on something I may have done which would have caused this but i can't. Does anyone have any idea how I can recover rpmdrake and, if not, is there a way I can get a new copy of it on my system? I'm running mandriva spring 2008 with kde.

  6. bootloader cannot find vista [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    timeout 10

    color black/cyan yellow/cyan

    gfxmenu (hd0,4)/boot/gfxmenu

    default 0

     

    title linux

    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=147bba9b-0970-4c13-a106-caabc44dfbba resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent vga=788

    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

     

    title linux-nonfb

    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=147bba9b-0970-4c13-a106-caabc44dfbba resume=/dev/sda6

    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

     

    title failsafe

    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=147bba9b-0970-4c13-a106-caabc44dfbba failsafe

    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

     

    title desktop586 2.6.24.4-1mnb

    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb BOOT_IMAGE=desktop586_2.6.24.4-1mnb root=UUID=147bba9b-0970-4c13-a106-caabc44dfbba resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent vga=788

    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb.img

     

    title desktop586 2.6.24.5-2mnb

    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24.5-desktop586-2mnb BOOT_IMAGE=desktop586_2.6.24.5-2mnb root=UUID=147bba9b-0970-4c13-a106-caabc44dfbba resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent vga=788

    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd-2.6.24.5-desktop586-2mnb.img

     

    title Windows Vista

    rootnoverify (hd0,0)

    makeactive

    chainloader +1

     

    that is my current menu.lst . the problem still persists.

  7. bootloader cannot find vista [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted 

    [root@localhost robert]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x7b449442

  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1			   1		 867	 6958080   27  Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2   *		 867	   13621   102449216	7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3		   13621	   19457	46879560	5  Extended
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5		   13621	   14640	 8187448+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6		   14641	   15150	 4089928+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7		   15150	   19457	34602088+  83  Linuxh

     

    John, i did add that line to menu.lst a while ago. it allowed me to choose vista at startup but, again, it then goes to rescue and recovery screen.

  8. bootloader cannot find vista [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted · Edited by r.nicholas

    ok, thanks for being so helpful guys... its often hard to find a community that gives help without sarcasm and resentment. do you think there is a method to bypass the rescue and recovery screen i keep getting at bootup?

     

    edit: oh, and yes, i did add the vista section to menu.lst and it worked, but when i go to boot windows is when i get the rescue/recovery screen

  9. bootloader cannot find vista [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    thanks for all the help.... unfortunately my vista install appears to be corrupted and unusable. i contacted lenovo (the laptop manufacturer) as well as microsoft and they said the only real hope to get vista working is to order a rescue disk from lenovo. as frustrating as it is, at least i have all my music and personal files still intact... i guess that's what i get for hastily installing a second os without really knowing what im doing.

  10. bootloader cannot find vista [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    actually, it will not allow me to edit menu.lst ... this is the full error message when i try to save the file...

     

    The document could not be saved, as it was not possible to write to file:///boot/grub/menu.lst.

    Check that you have write access to this file or that enough disk space is available.

     

    i definitely have enough disk space. thanks again for the quick responses.

  14. bootloader cannot find vista [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    here is the content of menu.lst ::

     

    timeout 10

    color black/cyan yellow/cyan

    gfxmenu (hd0,4)/boot/gfxmenu

    default 0

     

    title linux

    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=147bba9b-0970-4c13-a106-caabc44dfbba resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent vga=788

    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

     

    title linux-nonfb

    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=147bba9b-0970-4c13-a106-caabc44dfbba resume=/dev/sda6

    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

     

    title failsafe

    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=147bba9b-0970-4c13-a106-caabc44dfbba failsafe

    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

     

    title desktop586 2.6.24.4-1mnb

    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb BOOT_IMAGE=desktop586_2.6.24.4-1mnb root=UUID=147bba9b-0970-4c13-a106-caabc44dfbba resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent vga=788

    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb.img

     

    title desktop586 2.6.24.5-2mnb

    kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24.5-desktop586-2mnb BOOT_IMAGE=desktop586_2.6.24.5-2mnb root=UUID=147bba9b-0970-4c13-a106-caabc44dfbba resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent vga=788

    initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd-2.6.24.5-desktop586-2mnb.img

     

     

    thanks again for the help.

  15. bootloader cannot find vista [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    hello, i recently installed mandriva spring 2008 from an iso and then used mandriva live install to resize my windows vista partition. after following the instructions, i restarted my computer but found that the bootloader did not recognize my vista intall. i was worried that i overwrote vista but i checked and found that all the data was still intact. being a noob, im sure that i either screwed something up irrevicably during install or am missing something rather simple. any ideas?

     

    by the way, i've been very impressed so far with mandriva and look forward to a time when i don't have to bother with vista at all. thanks.

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