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On 07/02/2009 05:46 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote: |
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> I've been wrangling with a new gentoo install, on an AMD X2 64 bit |
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> machine. It's been a problematic experience, but when the system works |
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> right, it works really right. |
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> Printing has suddenly failed. I had installed foo2zjs in support of an |
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> HP P1005 printer, but it was masked by ~amd64. Then foomatic-db |
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> collided, so I upped that to ~amd64. Meanwhile, and I'm not sure this |
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> was the problem, the printer that had been working, and the deskjet that |
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> had also been working both started to fail. I've been wrestling with |
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> many issues, including alsa. There isn't any sound, and I"ve finally |
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> compiled a genkernel but the sound isn't working, neither is printing. |
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I've had both problems several times in the past, always caused by dumb |
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things that, of course, should never happen but often do anyway. |
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First the sound. I still don't know why but often when rebooting with |
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a different kernel (I do it often) the sound mixer will wind up with |
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certain channels either muted or turned down all the way. Because these |
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channels are not visible on my gnome volume control I have to use the |
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alsamixer to find the problem and restore the proper settings until |
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the next reboot. Dumb, but that's the way it is. |
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You should definitely *not* unload your kernel sound modules when shutting |
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down -- it's silly and causes problems. Turn this 'feature' off in your |
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/etc/conf.d/alsasound by setting UNLOAD_ON_STOP="no" and KILLPROC_ON_STOP= |
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"no". |
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Printing. Usually my printing problems come from having the wrong printing |
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"device" set in the cups Modify Printer section (localhost:631 as you said). |
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Usually the problem is that I didn't have the printer connected and turned |
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on when setting the 'printer device' and therefore the proper choice didn't |
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appear in the menu. Really dumb. |
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Anyway, start by going back through that printer setup menu system and try |
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every choice until you find one that works -- and make sure the printer is |
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turned on :o) |
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