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David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 19 Nov 2009 6:41 am

did the first thing you said, sound is back

see how it goes on keeping it...thanks so much for all your help!!!

one thing strange,, volume is going up & down...&
Key board doesn't control any functions.. it's a Microsoft bluetooh 7000 ///like volume next track ect...

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 19 Nov 2009 9:57 am

Id keep that first command handy, That will be the one you need if it happens again. Ill look into volume swells and your keyboard.

Sorry your having so many problems with the sound! Its typical to have sound and video problems after a fresh install of any linux, as the card manufactures dont make linux drivers. Usually its a quick fix. Next time you restart your computer I would recommend opening your bios and disabling the intel sound card.

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 19 Nov 2009 11:34 am

If you have a different keybaord laying around, swap it out and see what the volume does. I think the volume swells are caused by the keyboard not being configured.

Here is a tutorial on setting up your keyboard

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-setup-b ... buntu.html

I recommend not doing this unless you have another keyboard handy, cause if something goes wrong you need a wired keyboard to get the fix set in.

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 1 Dec 2009 4:19 pm

Steve,
OK, I got tires of always messing with lunchbox, I re installed Ubuntu.9.04 did all the updates, and as usuall, no F#$^ sound, HELP... need some commands to give it!...

It's not seeing my cd dvd roms either, got some sound working for youtube..

just need it to see the rom drives

updat... got the sound good!!.. all 5 speakers now just need to play cd, record, and play dvds...

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 1 Dec 2009 10:03 pm

unless you disable your old soundcard in bios after any install you will lose sound as linux tries to use your old built in soundcard first.

all the commands we did for crunchbang will work for ubuntu, as crunchbang is just a stripped down version. However You need to install the medibuntu repository to get your dvds and cds to work. This is because Ubuntu cannot legally provide the restricted packages needed to run the encryptions and riaa crap they put on copy-written multimedia.

to get this running do all this: one line at a time, just copy and paste each line in a terminal and run them.

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.listsudo apt-get update
sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install medibuntu-keyring && sudo aptitude update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo update-apt-xapian-index
sudo apt-get install vlc mplayer
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
sudo updatedb

see if that gets it done

I recommend having at least 2 versions of linux on your hard drive(s). This way if something breaks you can open the other version on reboot and copy things or fix files from there. I have ubuntu 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, crunchband, fedora10 as well as windows xp. They dont take up much room, and you can use one for experiments so you dont bork your main one.

<small><i>Edited by Wiz to fix the list</i></small>

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 1 Dec 2009 10:05 pm

also for burning cds I like kb3 better than the default,

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install k3b

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 2 Dec 2009 6:56 am

how long should the Java6 take ??? its been 15 mins ...

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 2 Dec 2009 7:20 am

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 2 Dec 2009 12:56 pm

use tab to highlight ok and hit enter with java. what where you doing when that mount error posted

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 2 Dec 2009 2:38 pm

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
I stopped the jaca befor it finshed got this message when I try to re`install

the other is when I click on the cd icon to open it...

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 2 Dec 2009 4:32 pm

Man your machine hates linux

go ahead and do

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sudo dpkg --configure -a

to see if that will finish the install, if not we will remove java and start over.

for the cdrom, you put the cd in first right? if not you have to do that before anything else. If you did put the cd in and got that message then we need to fix the mounting issue.

Please post the output of

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cdrecord -scanbus

and

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sudo lshw -C disk

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 3 Dec 2009 6:16 am

got this on the first code
Setting up java-common (0.30ubuntu5) ...

Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 2 added doc-base file(s)...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
david@david-desktop:~$

did it work???

second code

avid@david-desktop:~$ cdrecord -scanbus
wodim: No such file or directory.
Cannot open SCSI driver!
For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' or 'wodim -scanbus'.
For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'.
For IDE/ATAPI devices configuration, see the file README.ATAPI.setup from
the wodim documentation.
david@david-desktop:~$

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david@david-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C disk
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3160023AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 8.12
serial: 5MT2VRE1
size: 149GiB (160GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=41ab2316
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: STORAGE DEVICE
vendor: Generic
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 9229
capabilities: removable
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdb
*-disk:0
description: SCSI Disk
product: Flash HS-CF
vendor: Generic
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 4.44
capabilities: removable
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdc
*-disk:1
description: SCSI Disk
product: Flash HS-COMBO
vendor: Generic
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@8:0.0.1
logical name: /dev/sdd
version: 4.44
capabilities: removable
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdd
david@david-desktop:~$

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 3 Dec 2009 9:30 am

you may have had a bad install, can you post the output of

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cat /etc/fstab

that is the file that says what can be mounted automatically.

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 3 Dec 2009 12:59 pm

david@david-desktop:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'vol_id --uuid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file> <mount> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=5315b06b-0b84-498a-96c0-07c569de95df / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=55c11476-96c9-4a8e-b0d9-65184f5a3300 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
david@david-desktop:~$

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 3 Dec 2009 2:01 pm

fstab looks good,

do this

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sudo chmod 777 /media/cdrom
sudo chmod 777 /dev/scd0
sudo updatedb

try again, if that doesnt work try opening a cd with vlc and see what happens. The default ubuntu players are sometimes crappy if not configured better

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 3 Dec 2009 2:17 pm

where is vic??? how

avid@david-desktop:~$ sudo chmod 777 /media/cdrom
[sudo] password for david:
david@david-desktop:~$ wright55
wright55: command not found
david@david-desktop:~$ sudo chmod 777 /media/cdrom
david@david-desktop:~$ sudo updatedb
david@david-desktop:~$ sudo chmod 777 /media/cdrom
david@david-desktop:~$ sudo updatedb

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 3 Dec 2009 3:54 pm

if that was your password you better change it or edit your post to get rid of it.

someone can remotely get in your computer with the username and the password.

after the commands did you try clicking on the cd icon?
I would put a cd in, click on the icon and see what happens.

for vlc,

if vlc is installed it would be in your applications, sound and video

or just type vlc at a terminal.

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 4 Dec 2009 3:41 am

david@david-desktop:~$ vic
The program 'vic' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install vic
vic: command not found
david@david-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install vic
[sudo] password for david:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libuclmmbase1
Suggested packages:
sdr rat vat
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libuclmmbase1 vic
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 577kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,954kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe libuclmmbase1 1.2.16.0-1 [76.6kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe vic 1:2.8ucl1.1.5-10 [500kB]
Fetched 577kB in 1s (308kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libuclmmbase1.
(Reading database ... 128542 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libuclmmbase1 (from .../libuclmmbase1_1.2.16.0-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package vic.
Unpacking vic (from .../vic_1%3a2.8ucl1.1.5-10_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libuclmmbase1 (1.2.16.0-1) ...

Setting up vic (1:2.8ucl1.1.5-10) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
david@david-desktop:~$ vic
V4l: trying /dev/video0... open: No such file or directory
V4l: trying /dev/video1... open: No such file or directory
V4l: trying /dev/video2... open: No such file or directory
V4l: trying /dev/video3... open: No such file or directory
VIC is a multicast (or unicast) video tool. It is best to start it
using a multicast directory tool, like sdr or multikit. If desired VIC
can be launched from the command line using:

vic <address>/<port>

where <address> is machine name, or a multicast IP address, and <port> is
the connection identifier (an even number between 1024-65536).

For more details see:

http://www-mice.cs.ucl.ac.uk/multimedia ... c/faq.html
Options: vic [-HPs] [-A nv|ivs|rtp] [-B maxbps] [-C conf]
[-c ed|gray|od|quantize] [-D device] [-d display]
[-f bvc|cellb|h261|jpeg|nv] [-F maxfps] [-i ifAddr ] [-I channel]
[-K key ] [-L flowLabel (ip6 only)] [-l (creates log file)]
[-M colormap] [-m mtu] [-N session] [-n atm|ip|ip6|rtip]
[-o clipfile] [-t ttl] [-U interval] [-u script] [-v version] [-V visual]
[-x ifIndex (ip6 only)] [-X resource=value] [-j numlayers] dest/port[/fmt/ttl]
vic: destination address required
david@david-desktop:~$
I don't see it in my applications...

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 4 Dec 2009 4:32 am

did a test here the result

file:///home/david/.cache/checkbox/submission.xml

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 4 Dec 2009 9:03 am

typo, its vlc not vic

vlc is the music player. I have no idea what vic is, but you got it now lol

try vlc and play a cd. Also type eject and see which tray opens

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 4 Dec 2009 9:16 am

david@david-desktop:~$ eject
eject: tried to use `/dev/scd0' as device name but it is no block device
eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'
david@david-desktop:~$

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 4 Dec 2009 9:26 am

try vlc.

open it and hit cntrl d, you should see a drop down list with device names.

also try

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eject /dev/sr0

its cool that you are persevering through this. sorry your initial experiences are rough. This is rare these days.

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 4 Dec 2009 10:15 am

I don't think the cd roms are being seen look at this
I have 2 cd roms, neither one will open with command....

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 4 Dec 2009 12:55 pm

for some reason it named them incorrectly. Your programs are calling for a different name. It could be as easy as renaming them in fstab, but I want to exhaust all the other options before doing that.

in vlc does that drop down tab have an entry for cdrom0? or is it just cdrom.

try this

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eject cdrom0

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 4 Dec 2009 1:14 pm

I did and got this

david@david-desktop:~$ eject /dev/sr0
eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/sr0'
david@david-desktop:~$