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[Fwd: Help, please, with a tv tuner card using a Conexant chipset on Suse 9 system]
by Basil Chupin 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

I installed several days ago as a replacement to my Leaddtek WinFast TV2000 XP Deluxe card, which I've been using successfully for many months, the DV2000 card also from Leadtek. Suse 9 doesn't recognise it, and the settings I had for the Deluxe card won't activate the new card. The new card uses the Conexant CX2388X series chipset, and the scan of its innards produces the following info: Device Identifier (spec) : 91680 Device Identifier : 100352 Sub-Vendor identifier : 69757 (ie, LeadTek) Unique key : 60go.TTV2ZT_l+r4 Vendor Identifier : 70897 (ie, Conexant) Old_unique_key : fbl_x.TTV2ZT_l+r4 I've looked in the file CARDLIST in the documentation for bttv but I cannot immediately see anything there to get this card working. I've also Googled re the Conexant chipset and found that a number of tuners are using it, and for some time now so it isn't a new chipset which suddenly appeared on the scene. Support at SuSE suggest that I post a message here for help, and could also try using the "default" kernel 2.6.4 (which they don't support) - I've looked in the directory for the Mantel kernel build and can see 2 versions of the default kernel as well as 2 versions of the source rpms and don't know which I should download (I guess I'll also have to download the source code to be able to compile the kernel to fit my current setup, right? Or is it only the source code I need to compile?). Any help re this problem greatly appreciated. Cheers. -- All Scottish food is based on a dare.

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sound cards med-high end
by jfweber＠bellsouth.net 28 Mar '04

28 Mar '04

** I've lived in the real world enough, we're all here because we aint all there ** I am turning one of my Suse boxes into a video editing-movie/dvd creating box.. at least that is the current plan I am looking for information about the best semi pro sound cards you might recomend, along w/ "if money is no object" recomendations. ( Might as well have an idea how high the bar is . IT helps purchasing decisions in a peicemeal setup sometimes. The box we are building upon is a "purpose built polywell, which has been rebuilt by them several times, now Athlon 1700 ( xp) although I expect it wont belong before the asus board gets tossed for soemthing that could handle several athlons. Got 1.5gig ram on it... presently an nvidia video card which is already for the bin , I am sort of looking at a topline ati or matrox , since the video cards I tend to hand me rounds when new boxes come in w/ onboard chips etc.. I am still investigating the capture card situation .. prefer to spend my money on quality especially something that has a Linux positive company rather than the usual types who are willling to take you money but don't care to let anyone know they might even *work* in a linux box. Partially their laziness, and the fact that there is still a heavy MS thumb on the hardware folks. One hopes they are begining to see the light , tho. Sound , however is really important... anyone ever been around film, animation , anything knows how sound can really help move a story along, and add a lot to a picture. IF you don't believe it, rent a dvd of jaws, and turn your lights out and the sound up.. at least til the dialog take over the picture. W/o that theme and the sound editing, it was a really average summer flick. Might even go so far as to say "incredibley average" I'm not overly worried about the price of the equipment being the lowest posible bidder, looking more for the middle range ( which is why , I guess I asked also about proces of the top kit... Best to know what the setup is going to take when I get round to building a couple of these things that by then I'd want ( need) to have top level stuff on. -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit it's just an afterthought; okay ? : SYSTEM ERROR: Place sacrifice at keyboard to continue....

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SuSE 9.0 framebuffer problem
by Ed Tannenbaum 19 Mar '04

19 Mar '04

Hello, I'm booting SuSE 9.0 with a boot line with vga=768 and I'm seeing the penguin and all seems normal. I run fbset and it tells me that I am in the mode that I suspect. However when I try to run an app that expects a framebuffer, (i.e. using SDL) it can't find it. This works fine in other distro's of Linux, but SuSE seems to be doing something that is blocking my use of graphics at the console. Any clues out there???? Thanks in advance, et

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kwintv -> Video Clip ...
by Frank Schulz 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

Hello! I have a problem with kwintv. I can't set the directory. A further try to select 'Television->Video Clip ...' nothing happens anymore. Does anyone else has this probs? May i set the config-file manually? Are there any other tools to record the tv program? BTW: I use a Haupage, WinTV-Express; SuSE9.0; futher information available. THX frank

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SuSE with a Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer and surround sound
by Michael Singletary 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

Hi, I recently installed the current version of SuSE. I have a Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer for my sound card, and have it hooked up to the surround sound system in my room. It seems that I can only ever get one channel (front or back) depending on how I have the plugs in the sound card. The current configuration worked fine for surround in Windows, but seems to only give one channel with SuSE. I don't really need TRUE surround sound, I'd just like to be able to get sound out of all of the speakers at once. Has anyone else had a similar problem, or know of a way to make it work out? Thank you very much, Michael

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Sound Blaster Audigy
by Douglas Coulton 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

I have the Audigy Sound Card as well. I can get sound on all speakers, but not on the combo DVD/CD re-writer I haven't tried any configuration other than Yast The CDROM is connected to the sound card, but it makes no difference -- kgv6000

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SuSE 8.2 / kernel 2.4.20-102 / alsa-1.0.2c & VX222v2 problem
by Christophe Greisberger 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

Hi, I have a new problem with the vx222 driver on SuSE. It seems to be be partly kernel dependent, since it occured after a kernel update followed by a reinstallation of alsa. System: SuSE 8.2 / latest patches installed with YaST - k_athlon-2.4.20-102 - kernel-source-2.4.20.SuSE-102 I configured and compiled the kernel sources # cd /usr/src/linux ; make menuconfig ; make I downloaded and installed alsa-1.0.2c from source: +alsa-driver: # ./configure --with-cards=vx222 --with-sequencer=yes --with-oss=yes \ --with-moddir=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/alsa && \ # make clean && make && checkinstall +alsa-lib: # ./configure && make clean && make && checkinstall +alsa-utils: # ./configure && make clean && make && checkinstall + alsa-tools: # ( cd vxloader ; ./configure && make clean && make ) && \ ( checkinstall "cd vxloader ; make install" ) + alsa-firmware: # ./configure && make clean && make && \ checkinstall "cd vxloader ; make install" When I start alsa (after a reboot, of course!), I have the following messages on the console: -----8<----- # /etc/init.d/alsasound start Starting sound driver: snd-vx222 Warning: ignoring cards_limit=1, no such parameter in this module Module snd loaded, with warnings Module snd-hwdep loaded, with warnings Module snd-timer loaded, with warnings Module snd-pcm loaded, with warnings Module snd-vx-lib loaded, with warnings Module snd-vx222 loaded, with warnings vxloader: error in loading /usr/local/share/alsa/firmware/vxloader/l_1_v22.d56 /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB-athlon/alsa/snd-vx222.o: post-install snd-vx222 failed /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB-athlon/alsa/snd-vx222.o: insmod snd-vx222 failed done -----8<----- And those ones in /var/log/message : -----8<----- Feb 10 09:57:20 musipop modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Feb 10 09:57:20 musipop modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Feb 10 09:57:20 musipop modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Feb 10 09:57:20 musipop modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Feb 10 09:57:20 musipop modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Feb 10 09:57:20 musipop modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Feb 10 09:57:21 musipop kernel: ALSA memory.c:76: Not freed snd_alloc_kmalloc = 388 Feb 10 09:57:21 musipop kernel: ALSA memory.c:86: kmalloc(388) from c56c0e5f not freed Feb 10 09:57:21 musipop kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 01:08.0 to 64 Feb 10 09:57:23 musipop kernel: ALSA control.c:209: BUG? (ncontrol->info != ((void *)0)) (called from df8db9e1) Feb 10 09:57:23 musipop kernel: ALSA control.c:256: ERROR (card != ((void *)0) && kcontrol != ((void *)0)) (called from df8db9ee) -----8<----- I checked my /etc/modules.conf.local , but everything seems ok: -----8<----- # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd # module options should go here options snd cards_limit=1 # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 # Card #1 alias snd-card-0 snd-vx222 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss post-install snd-vx222 /usr/local/bin/vxloader -c 0 -----8<----- It's not a hardware problem, since it worked fine before I upgraded the kernel & alsa (kernel 2.4.20-101 / alsa-1.0.0rc2). I tried to install alsa-1.0.0rc2 on the latest patched kernel, but had the same error messages as with alsa-1.0.2, so it seems more likely to have something to do with the kernel update. I updated the kernel because of a SuSE security annoucement ( http:// lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2004-Jan/0001.html ) They did something about a do_mremap() function in the kernel. Perhaps is that the problem? Any clue? -- Christophe Greisberger Zenon-Media GmbH Phone: +49 (7852) 9133 / 34 Fax : +49 (7852) 9133 / 35

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Scanjet5300C
by Rene Luijckx 10 Feb '04

10 Feb '04

Hi all, I tried to install myscanjet 5300C from HP under Yast. Unfortunately this USB-scanner is not in the list. Is there an other possibility to get this thing working? Greetings, Rene.

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Fwd: [suse-multimedia-e] Scanjet5300C]
by Alain Barthélemy 10 Feb '04

10 Feb '04

Sorry I sent this message first in the wrong list. Le mardi 10 février 2004, 19:47:05 ou environ Rene Luijckx <r.luijckx(a)hccnet.nl> a écrit: > Hi all, > > I tried to install myscanjet 5300C from HP under Yast. > Unfortunately this USB-scanner is not in the list. > Is there an other possibility to get this thing working? > > Greetings, > > Rene. As I wrote in my other mail, Scanjet 5300C is normally supported by Sane even if it is maybe not straightforward. If Yast does not mention the scanner it is probably because your version of SuSE does not have the latest version of Sane. It happened already to me. Thus download the latest source file of Sane-backend and compile it. The sane source files compile without problem in SuSE. The only problem I had was with xsane, the graphical interface to use with Gimp. I wanted to install the SuSE package but Yast insisted to install its own outdated version of Sane. That was before I knew that checkinstall existed. Good Luck, -- Alain Barthélemy cassandre(a)bartydeux.be http://bartydeux.be Linux User #315631

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Rosegarden4
by John S. Dey 05 Feb '04

05 Feb '04

Hi Everyone: I'm just checking in to see if someone can direct me to a working binary version of Rosegarden4 that works over SuSE 9.0. Thanks.

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