All, Having trouble finishing both Ubuntu desktop and server installs. Here are the remaining problems. 1. Sound (DT). Following the instructions from the following links: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingSoundProblems http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=91501 Downloaded the "alsa-info.sh" bash script from the first. Ran is and results posted at: http://pastebin.ca/804854 Then researching found my onboard sound chipset was Realtek ALC655 which uses the AC97 driver set (that led me to second link). Once I ran the install from the second link, sound still did not run, so re-ran "alsa-info.sh". Results posted at: http://pastebin.ca/805573 You can see the difference, but not being a sound techy I have no idea what still needs tweaking. Just do not have enough working knowledge of this to know what I do next. When I run the set of cmds in the debugging guide I get: a. cat /proc/asound/cards No such file or directory b. /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base Permission denied Then with chmod 775 /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base I got: install: target `snd-card-0' is not a directory install: target `snd-card-1' is not a directory install: target `snd-card-2' is not a directory install: target `snd-card-3' is not a directory install: target `snd-card-4' is not a directory install: target `snd-card-5' is not a directory install: target `snd-card-6' is not a directory install: target `snd-card-7' is not a directory install: unrecognized option `--ignore-install' Try `install --help' for more information. install: unrecognized option `--ignore-install' Try `install --help' for more information. install: unrecognized option `--ignore-install' Try `install --help' for more information. install: unrecognized option `--ignore-install' Try `install --help' for more information. install: unrecognized option `--ignore-install' Try `install --help' for more information. install: unrecognized option `--ignore-install' Try `install --help' for more information. install: unrecognized option `--ignore-install' Try `install --help' for more information. install: unrecognized option `--ignore-install' Try `install --help' for more information. install: unrecognized option `--ignore-install' Try `install --help' for more information. /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: line 29: options: command not found /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: line 30: options: command not found /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: line 31: options: command not found /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: line 32: options: command not found /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: line 33: options: command not found /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: line 34: options: command not found /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: line 35: options: command not found /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: line 36: options: command not found /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: line 37: options: command not found /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: line 39: options: command not found c. Make sure that all users needing access to the Sound Device can "Use audio devices" in the "User Privileges" tab of users-admin (System->Administration->Users and Groups). Having noting here indicating how to set this. d. lsmod | grep snd Produces nothing e. lspci -vvnn Results follow: (Non-sound related edited out) 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller [1039:7012] (rev a0) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device [1019:1891] Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- bash: lspnp: command not found i. Run install of "apt-get install pnpbios-tools" j. Run install of "apt-get install pnputils" k. Re-run of "lspnp -v" Results follow: 00:00 PNP0c01 System board state = active mem 0xc8000-0xcbfff mem 0xf0000-0xf7fff mem 0xf8000-0xfbfff mem 0xfc000-0xfffff 00:01 PNP0a03 PCI bus state = active io 0xcf8-0xcff io 0x480-0x48f io 0x1000-0x10df io 0x10e0-0x10ff 00:02 PNP0c02 Motherboard resources state = active io 0x10-0x1f io 0x22-0x3f io 0x44-0x5f io 0x62-0x63 io 0x65-0x6f io 0x74-0x7f io 0x91-0x93 io 0xa2-0xbf 00:03 PNP0200 AT DMA controller state = active io 0x0-0xf io 0x80-0x90 io 0x94-0x9f io 0xc0-0xdf dma 4 00:04 PNP0b00 AT real-time clock state = active io 0x70-0x73 irq 8 00:05 PNP0800 AT speaker state = active io 0x61-0x61 00:06 PNP0c04 Math coprocessor state = active io 0xf0-0xff irq 13 00:07 PNP0700 PC standard floppy disk controller state = active io 0x3f0-0x3f5 io 0x3f7-0x3f7 irq 6 dma 2 00:08 PNP0501 16550A-compatible serial port state = active io 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 00:09 PNP0401 ECP printer port state = active io 0x378-0x37f io 0x778-0x77b irq 7 dma 3 00:0a PNP0f13 PS/2 port for PS/2-style mice state = active irq 12 00:0b PNP0303 IBM enhanced keyboard (101/102-key, PS/2 mouse support) state = active io 0x60-0x60 io 0x64-0x64 irq 1 l. "tail -2 /proc/asound/oss/sndstat" Results follow: tail: cannot open `/proc/asound/oss/sndstat' for reading: No such file or directory m. "amixer" Results follow: amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device n. "asoundconf list" No Results o. "cat /etc/asound.conf ~/.asoundrc*" Results follow: cat: /etc/asound.conf: No such file or directory p. "dmesg" No Audio Results q. "cat /proc/interrupts: Results follow: CPU0 0: 1022757 XT-PIC-XT timer 1: 10223 XT-PIC-XT i8042 2: 0 XT-PIC-XT cascade 6: 2 XT-PIC-XT floppy 7: 9 XT-PIC-XT parport0 8: 3 XT-PIC-XT rtc 9: 0 XT-PIC-XT acpi, ohci_hcd:usb3 10: 30020 XT-PIC-XT ohci_hcd:usb1, eth0 11: 132 XT-PIC-XT ohci_hcd:usb2, sata_sis 12: 273809 XT-PIC-XT i8042 14: 24534 XT-PIC-XT libata 15: 136278 XT-PIC-XT libata NMI: 0 LOC: 0 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 Got help at IRC.frenode.net#ubuntu from bsdunix bsdunix: BIOS settings; on-board sound disabled, plug and play OS = no. then try to cat file-foo >/dev/dsp. you should hear the file in your speakers Try both off, both on, each on/off, each off/on, still no sound. This is where I'm at on this problem. I think there are some files and/or directories I need to create and/or edit to get this operating correctly. But which ones? Latest testing (12/10/07) I ran the command: "alsaconf" with the following results: modinfo: could not find module snd-opl3sa2 modinfo: could not find module snd-cs4236 modinfo: could not find module snd-cs4232 modinfo: could not find module snd-cs4231 modinfo: could not find module snd-es18xx modinfo: could not find module snd-es1688 modinfo: could not find module snd-sb16 modinfo: could not find module snd-sb8 Also discovered that I have no "/proc/asound" directory, which is suppose to be there. Do not know why all this is failing, but need better understanding so I can debug this right. 2. Video - In low res (800x600) Talked with a NeddySeagoon on IRC who has a link to forum entry about using "ModeLine" for a custom res builder, which resolved this on my Gentoo box. Found NeddySeagoon again and link is: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3276263.html#3276263 with link to autogen script at: http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl Ran the modeline generator script but still having problems. Reboot comes to X-Win "Low-Res" Pop-up with "Configure", "ShutDown", "Continue". Configure hangs and machine has to be manually rebooted. Continue of course puts you back in the Low-Res mode. I was forced to level of 15 with my Gentoo configuration, trying to resolve this. 3. CUPS/Printing (both - use localhost on DT for pre-production development) Both show printing active but used to admin of CUPS through Web Browser, using Launcher in Launch Panel and not able to run this way. Current Ubuntu Admin locks if config fails. Also the current Ubuntu printer admin will not find my printer on the network which is an HP4L attach via a NetGear PS110 print server box. Had to load customer drivers on the Gentoo box and suspect same here but do not have any options to work with, especially directory searching for drivers, like from the Browser based CUPS environment. Finally found info on this for CUPs on localhost at: localhost:631. Then had config problem and had to download new .ppd file from: http://www.openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi Then install of new printer corrected the problems (deletion of old). Also cleaned up the extra .ppd files in /etc/cups/ppd. Also edited the .ppd with the following 2 lines changed: *ImageableArea Letter/US Letter: "18 36 582 744" *PaperDimension Letter/US Letter: "600 780" to set up correctly for lp/lpr printing. 4. LAMP (both - use localhost on DT for pre-production development) Boot shows all this loading by having trouble with accessing it all, espacially the phpmyadmin that I'm used to using to drop-in my SQL code. The config file /etc/apahce2/httpd.conf is blank an finally realized the install is using file /etc/apahce2/apache2.conf. Do not see the "include" link there, for the PHP5 or phpmyadmin, which shows on my other machines. Finally got through all this and got it working, but want to build a launcher, similar to the WAMP launcher for Window, where everything pops from the menu. If you know a pre-built launcher for this, link please. If we can not find that and you have launcher build experience let's talk. 5. Domains-Virtual Hosts (Apache) I had a Virtual Host problem, which I posted my problem on ApacheLounge at: http://www.apachelounge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2093&highlight= But now have that solved. 6. Launchers(DT) - Launch Panel Trying to build Launch Panel launchers for CUPS, ?? and Remote Server SSH. Know how to build them in the Menu system with file in: /usr/share/applications/.desktop Just no experience with Launch Panel launchers. 7. Ubuntu Server - Load Balancing Have onboard NIC and two 3-Com NICs. Inet served on two 3-Coms. Network on the onboard NIC. Need to do: a. IP monitoring - to know if one or both are up, b. IP routing - to route IP specific traffic through the right provider (such as email, due to "no forwarding" on most) c. Load Balancing on the lines (like merging them together, but both have seperate ISPs) 8. VM-Ware (both) Once I get the problems with both installs resolved, so I am steady and fully operational, I want to install VM-Ware so I can port all my Windows apps and get off Windows. I have over 5,000 apps and 20 development platforms on the Windows box, so full operation is critical before transitioning. Hope I can get some help. Thanks! OMR