[Demudi-commits] r297 - demudi-trac/trunk/wiki
Steve Doonan
xscd-guest@haydn.debian.org
Fri, 03 Dec 2004 19:51:46 -0700
Author: xscd-guest
Date: 2004-12-03 19:51:38 -0700 (Fri, 03 Dec 2004)
New Revision: 297
Modified:
demudi-trac/trunk/wiki/DocumentsFaq
Log:
becoming familiar with TracWiki formatting
Modified: demudi-trac/trunk/wiki/DocumentsFaq
===================================================================
--- demudi-trac/trunk/wiki/DocumentsFaq 2004-12-04 02:33:50 UTC (rev 296)
+++ demudi-trac/trunk/wiki/DocumentsFaq 2004-12-04 02:51:38 UTC (rev 297)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
OK your new settings {{{Stop}}} if JACK is still running and {{{Start}}} again.
You may need to play with the settings a bit to get satisfactory results.
-== ALSA and "permissions" ==
+== ALSA and "permissions" ==
Check that you have the necessary permissions to use the audio devices.
'''{{{vi}}}''' (a command-line text editor) is used for some of these examples, but
@@ -188,14 +188,14 @@
This should give you some output that looks like this:
{{{
- lrwxrwxrwx 1 root cdrom 9 2004-08-04 17:47 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0
- lrwxrwxrwx 1 root cdrom 8 2004-08-02 22:16 /dev/cdrom1 -> /dev/hdc
- lrwxrwxrwx 1 root audio 9 2004-08-02 22:34 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0
+ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root cdrom 9 2004-08-04 17:47 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0
+ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root cdrom 8 2004-08-02 22:16 /dev/cdrom1 -> /dev/hdc
+ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root audio 9 2004-08-02 22:34 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 2004-08-02 22:34 /dev/dsp0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 19 2004-08-02 22:34 /dev/dsp1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 35 2004-08-02 22:34 /dev/dsp2
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 51 2004-08-02 22:34 /dev/dsp3
- lrwxrwxrwx 1 root audio 11 2004-08-02 22:34 /dev/mixer -> /dev/mixer0
+ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root audio 11 2004-08-02 22:34 /dev/mixer -> /dev/mixer0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 2004-08-02 22:34 /dev/mixer0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 16 2004-08-02 22:34 /dev/mixer1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 32 2004-08-02 22:34 /dev/mixer2
@@ -250,13 +250,13 @@
little knowledge of how BASH scripts work] to use this. The script is now
included with the distribution.
-If you look in your menu; Apps > System > Admin has some useful tools
+If you look in your menu; Apps > System > Admin has some useful tools
such as {{{alsaconf}}}, if your soundcard failed to autoconfigure. You may need
to create the file {{{/etc/alsa/modutils/1.0}}} by hand before this will work.
{{{/etc/modutils/alsa-base}}} should be a duplicate of this file. If not copy
it across and don't forget to {{{update-modules}}}.
-You may need to log out & back in before these changes take effect.
+You may need to log out and back in before these changes take effect.
== Xruns - Overruns ==
@@ -310,11 +310,11 @@
will show you all the processes currently running on your box. One way of
cutting down on running processes is to specify a runlevel that is reserved for
making music, for example {{{/etc/rc5.d}}}, the default runlevel is
-{{{/etc/rc2.d}}}. These directories contain links to the scripts that start &
+{{{/etc/rc2.d}}}. These directories contain links to the scripts that start and
stop essential services, usually when you boot up and shut down. Each of these
links starts with {{{S##}}} (an S followed by two numerical digits), change the
non-essential services to {{{K##}}} using your favorite runlevel editor (again,
-plenty of choice). Likely candidates for removal are anacron, klogd & cron,
+plenty of choice). Likely candidates for removal are anacron, klogd and cron,
most are nonessential apart from the obviously music related ones. You can then
change runlevels by issuing:
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@
* [http://alsa.opensrc.org/]
* [http://linux-sound.org/]
+
= There's Just One Other Thing ... =
'''Q: What the-- I've got unresolved symbols!?'''
@@ -349,14 +350,12 @@
depmod:*** unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.25-1-multimedia-686/
alsa/snd-vxpocket.o
}}}
-
'''A:''' Yeah, we know.
You can safely ignore all these messages. The last four are because you haven't
installed pcmcia-modules.
'''Q: I think I forgot to configure something else.'''
-
'''A:''' If you're worried you've missed something,
{{{
# dpkg-reconfigure -a
@@ -367,56 +366,63 @@
= Upgrading existing installations =
'''Q: Can I upgrade my existing 1.2.0-beta0 installation?'''
-
'''A:''' Yes, please read the Package Updates section below.
-'''Q: Can I install A/DeMuDi over an existing Debian installation?'''
-
+'''Q: Can I install !A/DeMuDi over an existing Debian installation?'''
'''A:''' Yes, at least as long as you are running Sarge. Take the following steps--
* become root
* edit your {{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}} adding
+
{{{
deb http://apt.agnula.org/demudi testing main local extra
}}}
+
* from the command line issue:
+
{{{
# apt-get install demudi-install demudi-base
}}}
+
* install the tasks you are interested in. To have a look at them run:
+
{{{
# apt-cache search demudi
}}}
-The task {{{demudi}}} installs them all
+
+The task {{{demudi}}} installs them all.
+
* install the appropriate kernel for your processor:
+
{{{
- # apt-get kernel-image-2.4.25-1-multimedia-<Type>
+ # apt-get kernel-image-2.4.25-1-multimedia-<Type>
}}}
-where <Type> might be {{{386}}}, {{{586tsc}}}, {{{686}}}, {{{k6}}},
-{{{k7}}}, and the relevant ALSA modules too:
+
+ where <Type> might be {{{386}}}, {{{586tsc}}}, {{{686}}}, {{{k6}}}, {{{k7}}}, and the relevant
+ ALSA modules too:
+
{{{
- # apt-get install alsa-modules-2.4.25-1-multimedia-<TYPE>
+ # apt-get install alsa-modules-2.4.25-1-multimedia-<TYPE>
}}}
- * finally you may want to run some customisation scripts which
- automatically tune your system:
+
+ * finally you may want to run some customisation scripts which automatically tune
+ your system:
+
{{{
# cfagent-demudi -D postbaseconfig -D upgrade
}}}
'''Q: Can I upgrade my existing 1.0/1.1.0 installation?'''
-
'''A:''' Yes, using {{{apt}}}.
See [http://lurker.agnula.org/message/20040616.113908.06d6aea7.html] for more info on
upgrading.
'''Q: Can I upgrade my existing 1.1.1 LiveCD installation?'''
-
'''A:''' No, ''cannot'' upgrade a 1.1.1 LiveCD install. It was not meant for
hard disk installation, but only for demo purposes.
'''Q: Is this a LiveCD?'''
-
'''A:''' No. It requires installation to your hard drive.
= Package Updates =
@@ -424,13 +430,13 @@
At some point you may want to update your packages in order to take advantage
of upgrades, new software or bug fixes by using Debian's wonderful tool
{{{apt}}} (this requires a network connection). Many people like to use a
-package manager such as dselect or aptitude, if you prefer a point & click GUI,
+package manager such as dselect or aptitude, if you prefer a point and click GUI,
synaptic is very useable.
To configure {{{apt}}} to grab packages from the network, we need to edit
{{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}}. Here is the whole file, but note that the only
changes you need to make are uncommenting the two bottom lines, and changing
-the next-to-last entry to say "testing main local extra".
+the next-to-last entry to say "testing main local extra".
{{{
# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
@@ -441,6 +447,7 @@
}}}
Now that apt is configured, let's get all the updated packages:
+
{{{
# upgrade-demudi
}}}