Fedora Core 4 Sound Problems

[Corey0808]

I just installed Fedora Core 4 on my PC. The problem is that it didn't recognize my wireless internet network card, so now I have no internet. How should I fix this problem?

 

[Crusty]

What make/model/chipset is your wireless card?

 

[Corey0808]

ok... I ran ndiswrapper and got my drivers installed and it works except for 1 problem..

Everytime I restart I have to login as a root and run the following commands to get the internet

modprobe ndiswrapper
iwlist wlan0 scanning
dhclient wlan0

Then I can log in as a user and get the internet


--SIDENOTE--

I'm trying to mount an NTFS partition automatically when I start up. I have the drivers installed and when I login as root to edit the /etc/fstab file I put the following command in:

mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/windows ntfs ro

When I boot up it says the line is invalid. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

 

[Crusty]

1) You will need to setup an initscript to do those commands for you, there are lots of tutorials out on google that will help you.
But I wouldn't use iwlist wlan0 scanning to setup the correct parameters for your card. If you want a specific AP, you want to do
iwconfig wlan0 essid "myap"
or if you want it to autochoose one, then do iwconfig wlan0 essid ""

2) You need to follow the conventions for the fstab file, it is not read like a normal script file.

/dev/hda5 /mnt/windows/ ntfs ro 0 0

but you need tabs instead of spaces in between them. Just follow the form of the other entries to get it right.

 

[bersl2]

Originally posted by: Corey0808
ok... I ran ndiswrapper and got my drivers installed and it works except for 1 problem..

Everytime I restart I have to login as a root and run the following commands to get the internet

modprobe ndiswrapper
iwlist wlan0 scanning
dhclient wlan0

Then I can log in as a user and get the internet

I'd still rather you run a native driver if possible. What's the output of lscpi?
and
man 5 interfaces
man 8 ifup
Though there might be a front end or something.

--SIDENOTE--

I'm trying to mount an NTFS partition automatically when I start up. I have the drivers installed and when I login as root to edit the /etc/fstab file I put the following command in:

mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/windows ntfs ro

When I boot up it says the line is invalid. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

Look at other entries in /etc/fstab; notice some numbers at the end of the line?
and
man 5 fstab
(man 8 mount if necessary)

Sorry about the RTFM; I haven't slept all weekend.:moon:

 

[Corey0808]

I don't know what lscpi is, same with man 5 interfaces, and man 8 ifup.

I don't know anything about init scripts...


I tried the tab thing like you were talking about for the fstab file, but it says that it's a "special" device and it can not mount it when I'm booting up.

 

[Crusty]

lspci is a command. run it and post the output here.

man is another command that is calls up the manual for what you pass into it.

 

[Corey0808]

ok I got everything working on startup. The only problem I have now is sound. THe system recognizes my soundcard, but when I play the test sound I get nothing. I have it unmuted also.

 

[Crusty]

What sound drivers are you using? ALSA or OSS?