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— | slackware:fixes [2006/04/14 14:40] – alien | ||
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+ | ===== Fixes for annoyances in Slackware ===== | ||
+ | ==== USB scanner and hotplug ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | When you have a USB scanner attached to your computer when it boots, and the computer uses //hotplug// to initialize your hardware, you will probably see something similar to the following message: < | ||
+ | chown: cannot access `/ | ||
+ | chmod: cannot access `/ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | The problem is due to an error in the ''/ | ||
+ | devbus=$( ( echo -n 000 ; cat $devlink/ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | devbus=$( ( echo -n 000`echo $devlink| sed ' | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | After this change, either reboot the computer or restart hotplug: < | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | <note tip> Remember to add yourself to the '' | ||
+ | usermod -G $(id -Gn geek | tr ' ' ',' | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---------------- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== ALSA OSS sequencer not loaded ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | In Slackware 10.2, the ALSA OSS-compatible sequencer module is not loaded. This results in missing device files ''/ | ||
+ | Edit the file ''/ | ||
+ | load_alsa_oss_modules() { | ||
+ | if ! cat / | ||
+ | if ! cat / | ||
+ | echo " | ||
+ | modprobe snd-pcm-oss | ||
+ | modprobe snd-mixer-oss | ||
+ | }</ | ||
+ | modprobe snd-seq-oss | ||
+ | </ |