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jimbocan anyone help me getting sound to work on ubuntu?  "new to linux" and I installed ubuntu 4.10 on an older computer that has a sound blaster live  sound card.  12:55
kbrookshmmmm, i dontt think anyone here knows.01:02
kbrooksnor do i.01:02
jimbois there a sound card you would suggest?  :)01:11
sivangkbrooks: hi!06:15
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froudAfrican greetings06:47
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abellibuon giorno01:05
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froudAfrican Greetings05:01
froudanyone had a case where wharty hangs during install of the base system?05:02
froudI can only get to about 40% and then no more on one of my mtest achines05:02
froudinsall sue, mandrake and fc3 on the smae machine no problems05:04
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froudChrisH, ping06:47
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smfroud: try #ubuntu06:51
froudsm, it's hopeless asking there06:51
froudstupid thing is I can install other distros on that box without problem06:52
smif it were me, I'd try the array 3 cd announced on ubuntu-dev list06:53
sm(hoary)06:53
froudI need the current ubuntu box for something else and cant install the new machine with ubuntu06:53
abellifroud: what's the problem06:53
sivangfroud: install warty and dist-upgrade, the best way I think06:54
froudabelli, install of base cant complete06:54
abellisivang: what base?06:54
abellii mean which hoary?06:54
froudi'm using warty install cd06:55
sivangfroud: latest?06:55
abelliahh... does it stops at 67, or 34?06:55
abelli:)06:55
sivangfroud: there are patched ones, fixed ,that wen after the relase.06:55
abellis/s//06:55
froudthe most recent sent to me by mako via shipit06:56
froudbut why can other distros install06:56
abellican you alt-f3? and tell what you see?06:56
froudyes I can but now running hardware diagnostics on machine06:56
froudthe message to do with dependancies06:57
froudits crazy06:57
abelliwhat?06:57
froudI even changed vid adapter and nic just in case06:57
abelliare you doing the standard install?06:58
froudalso screams because I dont have a floppy disk drive on that machine06:58
sivangfroud: what seems to be the problem?06:58
froudyes 06:58
froudand run it with linux acpi=off06:58
froudsivang, dont have the exact message at momemnt just doing HW diag on machine06:59
froudbut essentially install does not get p[ast the base system06:59
froudfails arround 40%06:59
sivangI think you have a prerelease cd or something,07:00
sivangI recall this problem prerelease but it got fixed.07:00
sivangtry to download a new one from the archive.07:00
froudI break mako's neck if that is the case :-)07:00
abelliyou should read alt-f3's shouts, or alt-f2 then "enter" and "tail /var/log/syslog"07:01
froudabelli, yes, when I      have finished hw diag and try install again07:01
abellifroud: well use hoary then...07:01
froudmaybe there is something wrong with on eof the memory banks or something07:01
abellifroud: ?!07:02
froudHmm ther emust be a local mirror in co.za07:02
froudabelli, dont mind me I will work it out07:03
sivangfroud: mako has nothing to do with it :)07:03
froudanyone know of a haory mirror image in co.za07:04
sivangfor downloaidng ISO?07:04
sivangdon't go there, hoary installer is pretty buggy at the moment, wouldn't recommend it for installing.07:04
froudgot it ftp://ftp.is.co.za/linux/distributions/ubuntu/cdimage/releases/hoary/array-3/07:04
froudreally07:05
abellisivang: it's even better than warty's ... cmon :)07:05
sivangabelli: dependes how good you can read the debug messages :)07:05
sivangon ALT+F2/F307:05
abellifroud: you are in the middle of the tao's circle -> chose which way you want to follow... [..Neo] 07:06
froudok hw is ok all check sgood07:07
froudhere goes07:07
smis there someone who can do a zwiki upgrade on ?07:10
froudok 'failed to install the base system' ' The base system installation into /target/ failed'07:11
froudgoing to console 307:11
froudsegmentation fault07:12
froudits crying about no floppy device07:12
froudtrue there is none07:12
abelliwell you dont need one..07:13
froudFATAl: Error inserting floppy (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3-386/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko) : No such device07:14
froudblah blah the same stuff07:14
froudthe07:14
froudNo such Device07:14
abellithat's not a problem..07:14
froudNo Matching physical volumes found07:14
froudNo volume groups found07:14
abellii think you should try hoary07:14
froudfree(): invalid pointer 0x.....07:15
froudSegmentation Fault07:15
froudwell I guess I can fix it by installing a floppy :-)07:15
froudbut this is stupid, should not have have a floppy07:16
froudI also tried turn floppy off in BIOS07:16
froudsmae results07:16
froudsame07:16
frouddoenloading hoary iso07:16
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abellifroud: anything else?07:27
froudOh no now it has aproblem with debootstrap07:27
abellihoary... hoary... hoary...07:28
froud/usr/bin/debootstrap: 1: echo: not found07:28
froudSegmentation Fault07:28
abelligimme an H, a big O, an then A-R-Y, HOARRRYYYYYY07:28
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froud:-)07:29
froudcant believe how messed this wary release is :-(07:29
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sivangfroud: warty worked swell for a buch of installation I did07:33
froudyeah, I got it on other boxes just fine.07:34
froudbut this box says, "NO UBUNTU FOR ME"07:34
froudfeed it SuSE, OpenBSD, Slackware, FC and Mandrake and it just ran07:35
abelliSUSE?!?!?!?MANDRAKE?!?!?!07:40
sivangfroud: shoot the box at sight :)07:41
froudCarefull SuSE rocks07:41
froudbut you can give MDK to the dogs along with Lindows07:41
froudsivang, and if I did shoot them I would have a lot of dead penguins in my office. Do you really think I need a bunch of animal rights activits outside my door in the morning07:43
sivanghehe07:43
sivangI ment shoot hte ubuntu rejecting box07:44
froudor shoot ubuntu07:44
froudhere is a gem07:46
frouddpkg: base-files: dependancy problems, but configuring annnyway as you request:07:46
froudbase-files depnds on awk; however:07:47
froudPackage awk is not installed,07:47
froudSetiing up base-files (3.0.1buntu6)07:47
froudhave you ever  .....07:47
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smhey all.. what do you think of the AllPages wiki page ?08:22
smI think it would be better if not there08:22
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abellisid77: ciao08:23
sid77ciao08:23
smbecause the name is misleading (contents link is more complete), and it creates confusion about where to parent new stuff08:24
smI'd like to delete it and let it's children be at the top level08:24
makosounds fine to me08:24
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abellimako: have you checked the ubuntuguide translation applet?08:25
smok, deleting08:26
smmuch better08:29
_d4vidky all08:33
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smalso: I think there should be one canonical (sic) url for the website, and others should always redirect there, to avoid confusion with urls, authentication, caching etc.08:46
smhttp://ubuntulinux.org/... would be my suggestion08:46
smwhat do you all think08:47
sivangabelli: it has one? didn't know avout it08:47
abellicosa?08:47
abelli..sorry: what?08:47
sivangabelli: translation applet for ubuntguide?08:48
abelliyeah wait a sec08:49
abellihttp://83.103.20.69/ubuntu_guide/admin/edit.php 08:49
abelliusername: igor08:49
abellipassword: guida08:49
abelliits an alpha stage..08:52
kbrookspoke09:37
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