I ran into a very frustrating problem yesterday, hopefully someone in
wlug knows the answer..
Verne has 4 sound devices; onboard sound, two PCI cards, and a USB
transmitter. When I first set up breezy I had them loading as
/dev/dsp onboard
/dev/dsp1 first PCI
/dev/dsp2 second PCI
When he first got the USB transmitter it kept coming up as /dev/dsp1 and
I managed to fix that by listing snd-intel8x0 and snd-ens1371 in
/etc/modules, forcing the module for the onboard sound and two PCI cards
to load earlier.
Yesterday I upgraded to dapper and now all the sound devices come up in
completely unpredictable order, not even the same on two consecutive
boots. Even though the correct modules are still listed in /etc/modules.
Is there a proper way to force devices to get detected in the order I want?
(brought back onlist)
> Another example, USB again...
> From http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7316
>
>> A lot of devices are very difficult to distinguish from another, e.g.
>> EPSON has the same USB ID's for a lot of printer models and you need to
>> query the printer information with a vendor specific protocol
>>
>
> Has the situation changed? Isnt the 'serial no.' you mention the same as the
> USB ID discussed above?
>
Ok, so it doesn't work for all USB devices. Mice are probably the same.
Anything with a filesystem or a unique serial, or MAC address, etc,
however is fine. So, ok, multiple identical printers are probably a
problem. At this point you might have to resort to "get different
printers", or "leave them plugged into the same USB port, perhaps on an
external HUB", or "buy an external print server that does ethernet -> USB.
In terms of sound cards[1], you could use the PCI ID to define the order
in which sound cards are brought up. This doesn't change - or it
shouldn't change, unless you have faulty/crazy hardware - unless you
shift the physical slot the device is plugged into.
[1] or anything, even including USB devices as long as you are prepared
to put them on the same port every time. Use the USB *bus* ID in that
case, not the PCI ID, obviously :)
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Thank everyone
Success! I started at the command line with
the ip address but then I needed the subnet mask and the
gateway so I took Ian's advise and used the gui. The plus is
that I can switch back to DCHP really easily.
Regards John
> There are simpler ways to do this on Ubuntu. I can't
> remember the exact menu location but on my Debian (which
> is similar) it is Places, Administration, Networking and
> you can do it all using the GUI with a minimum of fuss.
>
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I just googled and found:
ifconfig eth0 <number provided>
Is it as simple as just doing this??
If yes! do I need to undo this when I am finished??
John.
> Hello all,
> I am trying to update my system and went to an
> internet cafe to use their network. However, they told me
> I need to add their ip address (Which they gave to me on a
> written note) I have never had to do this before and have
> no idea how to do it in Ubuntu.
> Will some one please help with this?
> Regards John
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I forgot to hit the reply all button.. Sorry:(
----- Original Message Follows -----
> Sorry, missed that bit...
>
I reread everything and I came to the conclusion that I need
to:
sudo ethconfig eth0 <number>
Then when I am finished I may have to check to see if I need
to reset my loopback number: 127.0.0.1
Does this seem right to you??
John
Thank you I will try again tommorrow afternoon :)
Regards John
----- Original Message Follows -----
> No. Leave the loopback interface alone.
>
> jaytee(a)clear.net.nz wrote:
> > ----- Original Message Follows -----
> >> Sorry, missed that bit...>
> >
> > I reread everything and I came to the conclusion that I
> > need to:
> > sudo ethconfig eth0 <number>
> sudo ifconfig eth0 ...
>
> not ethconfig
>
>
> > Then when I am finished I may have to check to see if I
> > need to reset my loopback number: 127.0.0.1
> > Does this seem right to you??
> > John
>
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No. Leave the loopback interface alone.
jaytee(a)clear.net.nz wrote:
> ----- Original Message Follows -----
>> Sorry, missed that bit...>
>
> I reread everything and I came to the conclusion that I need
> to:
> sudo ethconfig eth0 <number>
sudo ifconfig eth0 ...
not ethconfig
> Then when I am finished I may have to check to see if I need
> to reset my loopback number: 127.0.0.1
> Does this seem right to you??
> John
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Hello all,
I am trying to update my system and went to an
internet cafe to use their network. However, they told me I
need to add their ip address (Which they gave to me on a
written note) I have never had to do this before and have no
idea how to do it in Ubuntu.
Will some one please help with this?
Regards John
