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Specific alsa errors....Core 6

by ken jones

Prior to this point I had had some problems An error message kept saying that it could not find my Linux/version.h file. I did a 'locate' command and got three locations. I do not know what to make of all this. Ken Jones Here's what happened. ----------start first snip--------- [root@kjones-fedora alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a]# locate include/linux/version.h /usr/include/linux/version.h /usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6-i686/include/linux/version.h /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686/include/linux/version.h -------so did a [configure --with-kernel=] to one of the above--------- [root@kjones-fedora alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a]# ./configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686/include/linux checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for egrep... grep -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes checking for inline... inline checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no checking for current directory... /usr/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a checking cross compile... checking for directory with kernel source... /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686/include/linux checking for directory with kernel build... checking for kernel version... The file /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686/include/linux/include/linux/version.h does not exist. Please, install the package with full kernel sources for your distribution or use --with-kernel=dir option to specify another directory with kernel sources (default is /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6/source). /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686/include/linux/version.h [root@kjones-fedora alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a]# ./configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686/include/linux checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for egrep... grep -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes checking for inline... inline checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no checking for current directory... /usr/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a checking cross compile... checking for directory with kernel source... /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686/include/linux checking for directory with kernel build... checking for kernel version... The file /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686/include/linux/include/linux/version.h does not exist. Please, install the package with full kernel sources for your distribution or use --with-kernel=dir option to specify another directory with kernel sources (default is /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6/source). ----------end first snip------- ---------start second snip-------- [root@kjones-fedora alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a]# ./configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686 checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for egrep... grep -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes checking for inline... inline checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no checking for current directory... /usr/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a checking cross compile... checking for directory with kernel source... /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686 checking for directory with kernel build... checking for kernel version... 0.0.0 checking for GCC version... Kernel compiler: Used compiler: gcc (GCC) 4.1.1 20061011 (Red Hat 4.1.1-30) *** NO PREDEFINED KERNEL COMPILER IS DETECTED *** Assuming the same compiler is used with the current system compiler. *** Please make sure that the same compiler version was used for building kernel. checking for built-in ALSA... "no" checking for existing ALSA module... "yes" checking for Red Hat kernel... "auto" checking for Red Hat kernel... "no" checking for SUSE kernel... "auto" checking for SUSE kernel... "no" checking to modify of kernel linux/kmod.h... "no" checking for kernel linux/compiler.h... "yes" checking for kernel linux/pm.h... "yes" checking for kernel linux/spinlock.h... "yes" checking for kernel linux/irq.h... "yes" checking for kernel linux/threads.h... "yes" checking for kernel linux/rwsem.h... "yes" checking for kernel linux/gameport.h... "yes" checking for kernel linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h... "no" Creating a dummy <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>... checking for kernel linux/highmem.h... "yes" checking for kernel linux/workqueue.h... "yes" Removing a dummy linux/workqueue.h. checking for kernel linux/dma-mapping.h... "yes" Removing a dummy linux/dma-mapping.h. checking for kernel asm/hw_irq.h... "yes" checking for kernel linux/device.h... "yes" Removing a dummy linux/device.h. checking for kernel linux/jiffies.h... "yes" Removing a dummy linux/jiffies.h. checking for kernel linux/compat.h... "yes" Removing a dummy linux/compat.h. checking for kernel linux/adb.h... "yes" checking for kernel linux/cuda.h... "yes" checking for kernel linux/pmu.h... "yes" checking for kernel linux/moduleparam.h... "yes" Removing a dummy linux/moduleparam.h. checking for kernel linux/syscalls.h... "yes" Removing a dummy linux/syscalls.h. checking for kernel linux/firmware.h... "yes" checking for exported symbol dump_stack... grep: /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686/kernel/ksyms.c: No such file or directory "no" checking for kernel module symbol versions... "yes" checking for PCI support in kernel... "yes" checking for I2C driver in kernel... module checking for firmware loader... yes checking for directory to store kernel modules... /lib/modules/0.0.0/misc checking for verbose printk... on checking for debug level... none checking for processor type... i686 checking for i386 machine type... default checking for SMP... "yes" checking for ISA PnP driver in kernel... yes checking for PnP driver in kernel... yes checking for Kernel ISA-PnP support... "yes" checking for strlcpy... "no" checking for snprintf... "no" checking for vsnprintf... "no" checking for scnprintf... "no" checking for sscanf... "no" checking for vmalloc_to_page... "no" checking for old kmod... "yes" checking for PDE... "no" checking for pci_set_consistent_dma_mask... "no" checking for pci_dev_present... "no" checking for msleep... "no" checking for tty->count is the atomic type... "no" checking for io_remap_pfn_range... "no" checking for new io_remap_page_range... "no" checking for kcalloc... "no" checking for saved_config_space in pci_dev... "no" checking for old kill_fasync... "no" checking for dma_addr_t... "no" checking for MUTEX macros... "no" Removing local linux/pnp.h. checking for driver version... 1.0.9rc4a checking for sequencer support... yes checking for OSS/Free emulation... yes checking for RTC callback support in kernel... "no" checking for HPET support... "yes" checking for Procfs support... "yes" checking for USB support... "yes" checking for PC-Speaker hook... "no" checking for kernel PCMCIA checking for PCMCIA support... "yes" checking for PC9800 support in kernel... "no" checking for parallel port support... "yes" checking for which soundcards to compile driver for... all configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating version config.status: creating Makefile.conf config.status: creating snddevices config.status: creating utils/alsa-driver.spec config.status: creating utils/buildrpm config.status: creating toplevel.config config.status: creating utils/alsasound config.status: creating utils/alsasound.posix config.status: creating include/config.h config.status: creating include/config1.h config.status: creating include/version.h config.status: include/version.h is unchanged config.status: creating include/autoconf-extra.h Hacking autoconf.h... -----------end second snip------- ---------start third snip-------- [root@kjones-fedora alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a]# make install rm -f /lib/modules/0.0.0/misc/snd*.*o /lib/modules/0.0.0/misc/persist.o /lib/modules/0.0.0/misc/isapnp.o make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a/acore' mkdir -p /lib/modules/0.0.0/misc cp snd-hpet.o snd-hwdep.o snd-page-alloc.o snd-pcm.o snd-rawmidi.o snd-timer.o snd.o /lib/modules/0.0.0/misc cp: cannot stat `snd-hpet.o': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `snd-hwdep.o': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `snd-page-alloc.o': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `snd-pcm.o': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `snd-rawmidi.o': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `snd-timer.o': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `snd.o': No such file or directory make[1]: *** [_modinst__] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a/acore' make: *** [install-modules] Error 1 ------end third snip------- ----I continued to struggle, but to no avail-----------

Dec. 5, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by jmoyer＠redhat.com

==> Regarding Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???; ken jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> adds: kjones> My problem is that I understand the details of neither the kernel nor kjones> the sound card. kjones> I think everyone's advice is to: kjones> [rpm -e kernel-devel] kjones> and kjones> [rpm -ihv kernel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6.src.rpm]. kjones> The try again according to the alsa WEB page. kjones> Sound right? You never really gave us the story on how you diagnosed that your sound card wasn't working properly (or if you did, I missed it). The FC 6 kernel supports alsa, so I'm not sure exactly why you're rebuilding at all. Is there some known erratum that addresses your particular problem? -Jeff

Dec. 4, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by ken jones

My problem is that I understand the details of neither the kernel nor the sound card. I think everyone's advice is to: [rpm -e kernel-devel] and [rpm -ihv kernel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6.src.rpm]. The try again according to the alsa WEB page. Sound right? Ken

Dec. 4, 2006

Mythtv Packages

by Chuck Noyes

Hi All, I'm trying to build a Mythtv box, and I'd like to know where I can find either the 0.19 or 0.20 Mythtv packages for Ubuntu "Dapper". I've looked around and all I can find are the 0.18 packages. The 0.19 version has been out for a while and I guess the 0.20 version is still sort of 'bleeding' edge. So there probably isn't a "Dapper" package for that yet. Thanks, -- -Chuck

Dec. 4, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by Chuck Anderson

On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 10:03:47PM -0500, ken jones wrote: > I have a SoundBlaster Live sound card. The driver is emu10k1. ALSA > provides some modules that need to be built into the kernel. No > matter what I do the builds can not find the appropriate version.h > file. What's wrong with the precompiled emu10k1 driver module provided by the FC6 kernel package?

Dec. 4, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by Don Levey

Sorry - I thought you were trying to build the module. How about kernel.src packages? -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org]On Behalf Of Don Levey Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:18 AM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source??? Perhaps the kernel-headers package will help? -Don -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org]On Behalf Of ken jones Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 10:04 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source??? I have a SoundBlaster Live sound card. The driver is emu10k1. ALSA provides some modules that need to be built into the kernel. No matter what I do the builds can not find the appropriate version.h file. I am trying to build the kernel from kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6. Previous Core versions provided a kernel-source rpm. Core 6 does not. This time it is called kernel-devel. Something is very different. Can any of you point me to a cook book level WEB page that will point my way... _______________________________________________

Dec. 4, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by Don Levey

Perhaps the kernel-headers package will help? -Don -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org]On Behalf Of ken jones Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 10:04 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source??? I have a SoundBlaster Live sound card. The driver is emu10k1. ALSA provides some modules that need to be built into the kernel. No matter what I do the builds can not find the appropriate version.h file. I am trying to build the kernel from kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6. Previous Core versions provided a kernel-source rpm. Core 6 does not. This time it is called kernel-devel. Something is very different. Can any of you point me to a cook book level WEB page that will point my way...

Dec. 4, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by Jeff Moyer

==> On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:03:47 -0500, ken jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> said: ken> I have a SoundBlaster Live sound card. The driver is emu10k1. ALSA ken> provides some modules that need to be built into the kernel. No matter ken> what I do the builds can not find the appropriate version.h file. ken> I am trying to build the kernel from ken> kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6. Previous Core versions provided ken> a kernel-source rpm. Core 6 does not. This time it is called ken> kernel-devel. Something is very different. Can any of you point ken> me to a cook book level WEB page that will point my way... kernel-devel only includes the files necessary to build out-of-tree kenrel modules. If you want to rebuild the kernel, get the kernel .src.rpm. -Jeff

Dec. 4, 2006

Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by ken jones

I have a SoundBlaster Live sound card. The driver is emu10k1. ALSA provides some modules that need to be built into the kernel. No matter what I do the builds can not find the appropriate version.h file. I am trying to build the kernel from kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6. Previous Core versions provided a kernel-source rpm. Core 6 does not. This time it is called kernel-devel. Something is very different. Can any of you point me to a cook book level WEB page that will point my way... -----------------snip example of trouble------------ checking for directory with kernel source... /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6/source checking for directory with kernel build... /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6/build checking for kernel version... The file /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6/source/include/linux/version.h does not exist. Please, install the package with full kernel sources for your distribution or use --with-kernel=dir option to specify another directory with kernel sources (default is /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6/source). ------------end snip------------------ I tried the --with-kernel=dir option. I would like sound again. Help! Ken Jones

Dec. 4, 2006

Hardware for Sale

by Chuck Noyes

Hi All, The company where I used to work...is looking to sell off some h/w. Below, is a list of what they're selling. Please note, I'm not selling the h/w. If you're interested in any of this, please let me know and I'll put you in touch with the appropriate person. Currently, just about all of this h/w is mounted in the 24U rack mentioned below. 3 Dell PowerEdge 1750 servers - 533 MHz FSB - 512 KB L2 Cache - 2 CPU sockets but only 1 populated. Each Server Has: 1 Intel Xeon 2.8 GHz CPU 1 GB RAM 1 74 GB SCSI 10K RPM Hard Drive 1 On-board ATI Rage SVGA adapter 1 Teac CD-ROM * 1 Floppy Drive 1 On-board 2 port gigabit ethernet NIC ** 1 On-board SCSI Ultra 320 Card 1 Qlogic QLA2340 PCI Fibre-Channel Card 1 USB 2.0 port All servers have Windows 2003 Server installed (but that can be fixed easily...) * = Server #2 has an NEC DVD/RW drive ** = Server #1 has a Realtek 8139 fast ethernet NIC in addition to the 2-port gig-e NIC Other Hardware: 1 24U 19 inch rack 1 Rack mounted Brocade Silkworm 8-port 3200 FC switch 1 Dell PowerVault 136T Tape Library Unit (really an ADIC Scalar 100) 2 SDLT320 tape drives internal to the TLU 1 Dell PowerConnect unmanaged 16-port ethernet switch 1 Belkin 4-machine KVM switch 2 SMC TigerStack III (SMC Model #6824M) 24-port managed ethernet switches 4 APC 750VA Battery Backup Units 1 Rack mounted APC Smart-UPS 2200VA Battery Backup Unit -- -Chuck

Dec. 4, 2006

Re: [Wlug] reiserfs corruption....

by Eric Stein

You don't think everyone on the internet already knows? Don't count on it going away. Not that I wouldn't absolutely love to switch to ZFS... http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/12/0355223 Eric > I'm not 100% that ReiserFs is going to be supported much longer. > http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/10/BAGERLM3RR15.DTL > > =)

Dec. 1, 2006

Re: [Wlug] reiserfs corruption....

by Joe Riopel

I'm not 100% that ReiserFs is going to be supported much longer. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/10/BAGERLM3RR15.DTL =) On 11/28/06, Eric Stein <eastein(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > I am happy to report that reiserfsck --rebuild-tree solved my problem - I > only lost a few tempfiles and a script. > > Eric > > > Hi all, > > > > After a nasty power problem, I have corruption on a reiserfs volume. What > > I did: > > http://toba.ath.cx:724/~eastein/reiserfsck.txt > > > > I think I may have a damaged drive. > > > > The scariest prospect: > > Bad root block 0. (--rebuild-tree did not complete) > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Eric > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Dec. 1, 2006

Re: [Wlug] reiserfs corruption....

by Eric Stein

I am happy to report that reiserfsck --rebuild-tree solved my problem - I only lost a few tempfiles and a script. Eric > Hi all, > > After a nasty power problem, I have corruption on a reiserfs volume. What > I did: > http://toba.ath.cx:724/~eastein/reiserfsck.txt > > I think I may have a damaged drive. > > The scariest prospect: > Bad root block 0. (--rebuild-tree did not complete) > > Any ideas? > > Eric

Nov. 29, 2006

Linux/C Developer opportunity

by Jrcalareso＠aol.com

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Nov. 28, 2006

email problem

by Bill Mills-Curran

I'm having a problem with email bouncing to verizon.net addresses, and I suspect some other servers may be deleting it entirely. My config... I'm using mutt, which delivers to a local smtp server. My machine has a fake domain name (mills.curran), since I'm on a NAT'ed firewall. I route/relay my email through a web services provider with my own domain name (mills-curran.net) on a static IP. I know the issue is not a blacklisting, because the email gets delivered if I use the web interface for email at the mills-curran.net site. I suspect that verizon.net doesn't like the fact that the email header includes records including the fake mills.curran domain. I've tried some sendmail configuration changes with no success. Any suggestions? Thanks, Bill

Nov. 25, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Using Knoppix to copy an NTFS drive

by Chuck Noyes

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:13:17 -0500 Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:04:14AM -0500, Chuck Noyes wrote: > > I booted up the 5.0 KNOPPIX CD and tried dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb. > > There were no error messages and after about 30 minutes the 'dd' > > finished. However from KNOPPIX, I can't mount the new drive. the > > mount command (sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1) fails with: > > Are you sure the copy completed all the way through the entire disk? > dd will stop after errors unless you pass certain options: > > dd conv=noerror,sync > > Maybe you can try using "ddrescue" which will continue after errors > and be smarter about copying blocks around errors: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug I did get it working!! The command I used was: "sudo dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 conv=noerror,sync" This worked perfectly. I now have a duplicate NTFS drive that I can mount from KNOPPIX and Linux. I can also run Win2k from when I need to (not very often). Thanks to Chuck A. and Jamie G. for their help. -- -Chuck

Nov. 23, 2006

reiserfs corruption....

by Eric Stein

Hi all, After a nasty power problem, I have corruption on a reiserfs volume. What I did: http://toba.ath.cx:724/~eastein/reiserfsck.txt I think I may have a damaged drive. The scariest prospect: Bad root block 0. (--rebuild-tree did not complete) Any ideas? Eric

Nov. 22, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Using Knoppix to copy an NTFS drive

by Chuck Anderson

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:04:14AM -0500, Chuck Noyes wrote: > I booted up the 5.0 KNOPPIX CD and tried dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb. > There were no error messages and after about 30 minutes the 'dd' > finished. However from KNOPPIX, I can't mount the new drive. the mount > command (sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1) fails with: Are you sure the copy completed all the way through the entire disk? dd will stop after errors unless you pass certain options: dd conv=noerror,sync Maybe you can try using "ddrescue" which will continue after errors and be smarter about copying blocks around errors: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html

Nov. 22, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Using Knoppix to copy an NTFS drive

by Jamie Guinan

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Chuck Noyes wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have a drive that sounds like it's about to fail (making strange > noises and occasionally not booting), so I want to copy it to another > identical drive. The drive has 1 NTFS partition on it - I very > occasionally run Win2k. > > I booted up the 5.0 KNOPPIX CD and tried dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb. > There were no error messages and after about 30 minutes the 'dd' > finished. However from KNOPPIX, I can't mount the new drive. the mount > command (sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1) fails with: > > "Couldn't mount device '/dev/hdb1'. input/output error - mount failed". > > The original drive (/dev/hda1) mounts without any problem. > > If I use the fdisk utility and look at the partition table, there are > no differences between the hda and hdb drives. > > Any ideas how I can solve this problem?? Hi Chuck, I don't know what the default block size is for dd, but maybe you could try adding "bs=512" to the dd arguments, so that you're copying on sector boundaries. I can't explain why this would help (if it does), its just a hunch. :) Also, maybe you could you turn off DMA to one or both drives before doing the dd. "hdparm -d0 ..." or something like that. -Jamie

Nov. 22, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Using Knoppix to copy an NTFS drive

by Chuck Noyes

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:16:42 -0500 "Brett Russ" <bruss(a)alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > On 11/22/06, Chuck Noyes <vze284qe(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > I booted up the 5.0 KNOPPIX CD and tried dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb. > > There were no error messages and after about 30 minutes the 'dd' > > Sounds like a 30-40GB drive? It's an 80 GB drive. > > > finished. However from KNOPPIX, I can't mount the new drive. the > > mount command (sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1) fails with: > > > > "Couldn't mount device '/dev/hdb1'. input/output error - mount > > failed". > > Some things to do: > -Check the kernel log (dmesg will dump it) for errors on hdb. dmesg looks clean. > -Check the health of hdb (smartctl -a /dev/hdb) smartctl reports no problems or errors. If I run smartctl -t short /dev/hdb followed by smartctl -l selftest /dev/hdb, there are no errors. > > BR > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Nov. 22, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Using Knoppix to copy an NTFS drive

by Brett Russ

On 11/22/06, Chuck Noyes <vze284qe(a)verizon.net> wrote: > I booted up the 5.0 KNOPPIX CD and tried dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb. > There were no error messages and after about 30 minutes the 'dd' Sounds like a 30-40GB drive? > finished. However from KNOPPIX, I can't mount the new drive. the mount > command (sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1) fails with: > > "Couldn't mount device '/dev/hdb1'. input/output error - mount failed". Some things to do: -Check the kernel log (dmesg will dump it) for errors on hdb. -Check the health of hdb (smartctl -a /dev/hdb) BR

Nov. 22, 2006

Using Knoppix to copy an NTFS drive

by Chuck Noyes

Hi All, I have a drive that sounds like it's about to fail (making strange noises and occasionally not booting), so I want to copy it to another identical drive. The drive has 1 NTFS partition on it - I very occasionally run Win2k. I booted up the 5.0 KNOPPIX CD and tried dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb. There were no error messages and after about 30 minutes the 'dd' finished. However from KNOPPIX, I can't mount the new drive. the mount command (sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1) fails with: "Couldn't mount device '/dev/hdb1'. input/output error - mount failed". The original drive (/dev/hda1) mounts without any problem. If I use the fdisk utility and look at the partition table, there are no differences between the hda and hdb drives. Any ideas how I can solve this problem?? BTW: The qtparted utility on the KNOPPIX 5.0 CD and DVD fails with a "floating point exception" error. TIA, -Chuck

Nov. 22, 2006

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by Mike Leo

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Nov. 18, 2006

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Nov. 17, 2006

Seeking help with xine

by Walt Sawyer

Hi all, I'm having some trouble with xine. It used to work, but, for no apparent reason, I get error messages that say "-xine engine error- There is no demuxer plugin available to handle /xine-ui_logo.mpv." and "There is no demuxer plugin available to handle whatever file that I tried to open". Can anyone help me? Thanks! Walt

Nov. 8, 2006