[12:00] <RoyB72> anyone here? need help with 2 things... first I'm trying to install NVIDIA nForce drivers, but it's talking about "...no precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel..." he tries to compile, but cant make it?
[12:01] <RoyB72> running a *.run package btw.
[12:08] <RoyB72> and if I try to compile anything myself I always get this error: ../acore/memalloc.c:49: error: expected ) before string constant
[12:16] <nalioth> !headers
[12:16] <ubotu> To install the Linux (kernel) headers, open a terminal and: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) To install headers for libraries, you need the accompanying -dev packages
[12:17] <nalioth> you'll need those, and the linux kernel source
[12:18] <RoyB72> I think I got all this
[12:23] <RoyB72> got kernel-package, kernel-patch-debian-2.4.27, scripts, kernel-source-2.4.27, libdevmapper(dev), linux-headers(+generic), linux-image(same), linux-libc-dev, linux-source
[12:23] <RoyB72> anything missing?
[12:24] <RoyB72> hmm..no linux-kernel-src in the list?
[12:26] <nalioth> i've never messed with this (use your package mangler to fine the kernel source pkg)
[12:26] <RoyB72> u mean manager?
[12:26] <RoyB72> that's where I'm looking now
[12:27] <nalioth> ergo > 'package mangler'
[12:28] <RoyB72> hmm... some more help?
[12:28] <RoyB72> I don't even know what it is
[12:28] <nalioth> don't know what what is?
[12:29] <RoyB72> I've had linux for 3-4 days
[12:29] <RoyB72> I've talked to u before
[12:29] <RoyB72> ;)
[12:29] <nalioth> yes, i know who you are
[12:29] <nalioth> what exactly are you looking for?
[12:31] <RoyB72> well... either I need to compile the audio driver or run the .run package which says what I wrote earlier
[12:31] <RoyB72> but as said I get those errors
[12:31] <RoyB72> u say I need linux-kernel-source (not in managers list)
[12:31] <nalioth> i reallly suspect you've bitten off a big project considering your 4 days of linux usage (unless you've got a really great tutorial)
[12:32] <nalioth> search for 'kernel-source' in your package mangler
[12:33] <RoyB72> no idea how to do that.. how do I start mangler?
[12:34] <RoyB72> hey.. kernel-source-2.4.27 is installed.. or so says manager
[12:36] <RoyB72> is that it?
[12:37] <RoyB72> btw.. tried to ask this in #kubuntu and #ubuntu-effects , no help there
[12:38] <nalioth> RoyB72: synaptic is a package manager
[12:38] <nalioth> RoyB72: apt-get is a package manager
[12:38] <nalioth> RoyB72: adept is a package manager
[12:38] <nalioth> you should be good to go
[12:39] <RoyB72> well... make aint finishing..
[12:40] <RoyB72> anything I try to compile I get: error: ../acore/memalloc.c:49: error: expected ) before string constant
[12:40] <RoyB72> when I run make
[12:40] <RoyB72> ./configure works fine
[12:40] <RoyB72> !make
[12:40] <ubotu> Compiling software from source? Read the tips at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware (But remember to search for pre-built !packages first: not all !repositories are enabled by default!)
[12:40] <nalioth> RoyB72: that is an error in the code  :(
[12:41] <nalioth> RoyB72: unless you are a developer and can read that stuff....
[12:41] <nalioth> .... you're pretty much out of luck.
[12:41] <RoyB72> but I get it all the time, any package
[12:41] <nalioth> why don't you use the 'nvidia' driver?
[12:42] <nalioth> you have 'build-essential' installed, i take it?
[12:42] <RoyB72> crap.. lol
[12:45] <RoyB72> well.. no good with it either.. same errors..
[12:45] <RoyB72> need libmodule-build-perl or mpe-source ?
[12:47] <nalioth> if it tells you you need it, install it
[12:48] <RoyB72> nothing tells me that I need anything... and the redme and install files don't tell what packages I need either...
[12:48] <RoyB72> I only got the standard install... a lot is not installed
[12:49] <nalioth> when you run ./configure, it'll tell you what you're missing
[12:49] <nalioth> install "build-essential" first
[12:50] <RoyB72> did when u told me about it
[12:56] <nalioth> and your ./configure doesn't tell you the packages you are missing?
[12:57] <RoyB72> nope
[12:57] <nalioth> that is strange.
[12:58] <nalioth> anyway, why can't you use 'nvidia' for the driver?
[01:00] <RoyB72> the ones that come up in adept?
[01:03] <nalioth> !nvidia
[01:03] <ubotu> To install the Ati/NVidia drivers for your video card, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto
[01:04] <RoyB72> k.. lemme work on that
[01:24] <RoyB72> hmm.. brb then..
[01:43] <RoyB72> well.. gfx drivers are installed I think, just can't configure it... but the default sound is gone.. says mixer can't be found..
[01:45] <RoyB72> ahh.. gfx config I can access through termina
[01:45] <RoyB72> *terminal..
[01:46] <RoyB72> but no sound?
[01:48] <RoyB72> !mixer
[01:48] <ubotu> Sorry, I don't know anything about mixer - try searching on http://bots.ubuntulinux.nl/factoids.cgi
[02:25] <RoyB72> can u help me with the sound? says Mixer cannot be found
[02:28] <crdlb> RoyB72, open a terminal and run this: lspci|grep audio
[02:28] <crdlb> and tell me what it says
[02:28] <RoyB72> 00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)
[02:29] <RoyB72> ran cam.. it said: Error opening /dev/mixer. : you probably don't have an audiocard that supports a mixer
[02:30] <crdlb> RoyB72, what did you run?
[02:30] <RoyB72> cam   cpu's audio mixer for linux
[02:31] <RoyB72> I think I need some mixer software, but what file is it?
[02:32] <RoyB72> (package)?
[02:32] <crdlb> RoyB72, does your sound work at all?
[02:32] <crdlb> ie, can you play music?
[02:32] <RoyB72> not after I installed the nvidia drivers...
[02:34] <crdlb> RoyB72, you mean the nForce drivers?
[02:34] <RoyB72> says: Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound
[02:34] <RoyB72> yea
[02:34] <crdlb> RoyB72, what happens if you run: nvmixer
[02:34] <crdlb> ?
[02:34] <RoyB72> command not found
[02:35] <crdlb> RoyB72, do you have a link to the driver you installed?
[02:35] <RoyB72> yea
[02:36] <RoyB72> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
[02:37] <crdlb> oh the video driver
[02:37] <crdlb> RoyB72, run this: alsamixer
[02:37] <RoyB72> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
[02:44] <crdlb> RoyB72, let's see if the module is loaded: lsmod|grep snd
[02:45] <RoyB72> hmm... didn't happen anything
[02:46] <crdlb> RoyB72, then try this: sudo modprobe snd-intel8x0
[02:46] <RoyB72> FATAL: Module snd_intel8x0 not found.
[02:47] <RoyB72> intel? shouldn't it say AMD?
[02:48] <crdlb> it's intel because afaict your nvidia sound device uses the intel sound driver
[02:48] <RoyB72> ohh.. k
[02:50] <crdlb> RoyB72, run: uname -r
[02:51] <RoyB72> 2.6.17-11-generic
[02:55] <crdlb> that module should be in linux-image-generic
[02:57] <RoyB72> it's installed too... so how do I fix that?
[03:01] <crdlb> RoyB72, you're positive it was working before you installed the drivers?
[03:03] <RoyB72> yea... there came an error before it started to play though: Requested audio codec family [mp3]  (afm=mp3lib) not available.
[03:03] <RoyB72> Enable it at compilation.
[03:03] <RoyB72> guess it used some default drivers
[03:04] <RoyB72> or maybe I installed too much packages?
[03:05] <RoyB72> but everytime I selected something for install, nothing came up as remove, so...
[03:05] <RoyB72> no idea what's going on...
[03:06] <RoyB72> any way I could run a command that could gather up my sys info, so u could take a look at it and maybe figure something out of that?
[03:10] <raffytaffy> cat /proc/cpuinfo
[03:13] <RoyB72> http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/12496/
[03:13] <RoyB72> not much info there.. was thinking about drivers, packages installed.. that kind of things
[03:13] <raffytaffy> lsmod
[03:15] <RoyB72> http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/12498/
[03:15] <RoyB72> crdlb, does that help any?
[03:16] <crdlb> you don't have anything sound-related loaded
[03:16] <RoyB72> not now, no..
[03:17] <RoyB72> just kmix by the clock
[03:18] <RoyB72> only thing I got running now is Konversation and Konsole
[03:18] <crdlb> I mean, you have no snd-* modules loaded in your kernel
[03:19] <crdlb> RoyB72, try this: sudo modprobe snd
[03:20] <RoyB72> FATAL: Module snd not found.
[03:20] <RoyB72> FATAL: Error running install command for snd
[03:21] <RoyB72> need to install libsndobj2c2 ?
[03:22] <RoyB72> libsndfile1 is installed
[03:23] <crdlb> nope
[03:23] <crdlb> you're missing kernel modules
[03:23] <RoyB72> :(
[03:24] <RoyB72> anyway to fix it fast and easy?
[03:25] <RoyB72> didn't installation install all that's needed?
[03:25] <crdlb> yes
[03:25] <RoyB72> that's soooo frustrating
[03:28] <RoyB72> how to fix it then? need to install more or need to compile something, maybe just write a few commands?
[03:37] <crdlb> RoyB72, pastebin this too: lspci
[03:39] <RoyB72> http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/12500/
[03:45] <crdlb> RoyB72, I don't know what happened to your sound modules, and I'm really not an expert on nforce motherboards
[03:48] <RoyB72> u sure it got anything to do with that it's nforce? maybe it's just something with the sound modules like on any other motherboard... any way to fix them?
[03:48] <crdlb> RoyB72, here's something to try from the SoundTroubleshooting page
[03:48] <RoyB72> the old ones I was thinking about.. when it was at least working.. :(
[03:48] <crdlb> run this: sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils
[03:50] <crdlb> sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils
[03:50] <RoyB72> ahh.. hmm... alsa-util alsa-base and linux-sound-base are no longer required
[03:51] <RoyB72> and install them again? hehe
[03:52] <RoyB72> well.. installed again.. don't see any difference.. should I restart comp?
[03:58] <RoyB72> :(
[04:00] <RoyB72> if I don't have to do something special now it didn't help.. :(