Knoppix 3.8 released at CeBIT

**boehmb** · 04-09-2005, 10:13 PM

I just downloaded 3.8.1 and it looks great and runs perfectly on my Athlon 1800 system. I was surprised to see that the "install software while running from CD" was dropped. It was nice to install the nVidia driver, Macromedia Flash etc. I could not find this feature. Is it hidden in another menu?

Thanks

**Aleu** · 04-10-2005, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by eco2geek

Or, an alternative is to install the captive package manually and use the "captive-cmdline" program

Captive from the link you provided will help me. Thanks eco2geek.

**martin02** · 04-10-2005, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by Aleu

OK guys, I have noticed one irritating thing. During Knoppix boot phase an error message is displayed saying that a directory to evdev.ko module does not exist. Is it normal? Can you see this message as well?

I have the same issue. That is why I am here.

Originally Posted by Exact Error message is as follows:

Firewire found, managed by hotplug: (Re-)scanning firewire devices... modprobe: FATAL: could not read 'lib/modules/2.6.11/kernel/drivers/input/evdev.ko' :Not a directory

modprobe: FATAL: could not read 'lib/modules/2.6.11/kernel/drivers/input/evdev.ko' :Not a directory

Done.
Autoconfiguring devices...................

I do have firewire and I do have a Plextor PX-708UF connected to it, which Knoopx 3.8.1 finds properly. so I assume that something else called for the modprobe that failed.

Luther

**Daniele** · 04-14-2005, 07:46 AM

[quote="martin02"]

Originally Posted by Aleu

OK guys, I have noticed one irritating thing. During Knoppix boot phase an error message is displayed saying that a directory to evdev.ko module does not exist. Is it normal? Can you see this message as well?

Hi, I've the same issue (with knoppix 3.8.1) on Notebook Acer Aspire 1400, and I haven't sound, Kmix window is empty and I have a red "X" on the sound icon, the sound driver are loaded correctly (Intel Corporation|82820 820 (Camino 2) AC97 Audio driver=i810_audio), I tried with "alsa=intel8x0" but nothing, can you help me?

command "lsmod | grep snd" tell me:

snd_intel8x0n 18116 2
snd_ac97_codec 68088 1 snd_intel8x0m
snd_pcm_oss 47904 0
snd_mixer_oss 18688 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 77828 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 23684 1 snd_pcm
snd 46308 8 snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer _oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 11104 3 i810_audio,snd
snd_page_alloc 11268 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm

bye

Daniele

**Daniele** · 04-14-2005, 11:48 AM

is it possible that knoppix sees my modem like a sound card???? i can see this from file /proc/asound/card0/id

**Daniele** · 04-14-2005, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by Daniele

is it possible that knoppix sees my modem like a sound card???? i can see this from file /proc/asound/card0/id

now it work if i execute alsaconf every time after KDE is loaded, but i can't believe that i must always execute this script....

**tinman** · 04-14-2005, 08:05 PM

Firewire found, managed by hotplug: (Re-)scanning firewire devices... modprobe: FATAL: could not read 'lib/modules/2.6.11/kernel/drivers/input/evdev.ko' :Not a directory

modprobe: FATAL: could not read 'lib/modules/2.6.11/kernel/drivers/input/evdev.ko' :Not a directory

Done.
Autoconfiguring devices...................

Probably caused by the sound card. This may sound strange but it worked for me. I was getting that same error until I hit my mute key on my laptop while I booted up. I don't get the error if I do that everytime. Might want to give it a shot.