Rajko M. wrote:
On Thursday 24 May 2007 22:46, John Bennett wrote:
On 5/25/07, Rajko M. <rmatov101@charter.net> wrote:
On Thursday 24 May 2007 05:49, John wrote:
Sorry, don't mean to keep on about this (obviously haven't had any success), can't I just remove a hardware device, and let Suse reinstall it.... That would be a lot easier... ;-) John.
You have to reinstall alsa that is compiled for SUSE as suggested in first reply.
Now alsa is registered as installed, you can look in YaST Software Management, as Realtek installer removed it without using rpm program so alsa is still present in database. Rebuild database with rpm --rebuilddb probably will not work as it is meant to correct database entries not to scan system and see what is installed. The other option checkinstall is for the future installations of similar software, now it can't correct anything.
Does a "reinstall" over the top, fix probs like that??
Reinstall over the top of what? Existing installation? Maybe, call it update existing system.
Running system repair from instalation CD/DVD is one of options.
But before you use system repair, just to make sure that I'm not wrong, open console program, login as root and run: rpm --rebuilddb and when is rpm done, try to reinstall sound card using YaST.
If it doesn't help. Than use method in first reply. And don't be afraid, just try it. The worst that can happen is already done. If this doesn't work than I have to see what exactly Realtek install script did to your openSUSE installation.
Whatever was done is not irreversible.
Well, gave up and did a reinstall...... Had tried the rebuilddb bit - didn't work, still the same error. Tried most of the other suggestions as well, and nothing worked, so now am rebuilding from scratch - at least I now have sound!! And being used to Windows systems, am a fairly regular rebuilder anyway.... :-) Thanks for all the tips, and if I'm feeling particularly brave one day, might try the Realtek drivers again, but a little more carefully next time! (checkinstall, was it??!!) Thanks a lot, John. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org