[SC.LUG] Re: SC Digest, Vol 35, Issue 2

[Dr A V Le Blanc]

On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 12:15:39PM +0100, sc-request at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote:
> What I'm not sure (and I don't think the manual says either way) is w
>hether you can resize the actual extended partition (which currently d
>oesn't reach to the end of the HDD) as well as resizing the logical pa
>rtitions within it. However, your comment suggests I can so hopefully 
>I can reclaim this space reasonably "easily" :)

Yes, you should be able to do this.  Parted dynamically moves space
into the extended partition as needed.

> I had a look at the XF86Config-4 file and it appeared to list both "a
>uto" and "ImPS/2". I had a hack around with the file to no avail but t
>hen stopped once I realised it worked as a USB mouse.

It should not say auto; if it's a wheelmouse or 3-button mouse,
use ImPS/2, if not use PS/2.  For USB mice, the device must normally
be "/dev/input/mice".

> "You can try running sndconfig, though I find it segfaults a lot on
> Sarge machines.  Sound problems are a bit difficult to diagnose
> remotely!  If you try Knoppix and it works, you might just copy
> the two sndconfig files /etc/modutils/sndconfig and whatever
> the other one is (different names for each sound card) to your
> hard drive."
> 
> Well, I discovered that the superuser could get some sense out of the
> mixer which led me to believe it was a permissions issue - so I tweak
>ed /dev/mixer, /dev/midi and /dev/dsp and it all worked.

Ouch!  I forgot about this; Debian wants you to put only the users
whom you want to be able to use sound into the audio group.  I usually
change everything in /dev that's sound-related to 0666 at install time.

     -- Owen