Printer, monitor and sound.

[gamer64]

Hey, i have a Lexmark Z600 series printer, how do i add it to the system? I went on system settings->Printers->Add, but Add printer was not available, but it was on the Live CD.

Also, my monitor seems to be set off. on the right hand side, there is a pretty big gap, which s just black. In windows, however, the monitor is just fine.

Last, but not least, i have no sound cominig from my speakers. I had a look on terminal, but it doesn't seem to have detected it.

Oh, and also, Adept doesn't seem to be working. Whenever i click on it, it opens in two instances, one which opens, and the other that ust seems to keep loading. However, on the one that opens, a message box opens, and says; "Another process is using the packaging system database (probably some other Adept application or apt-get or aptitude).
Would you like to attempt to resolve this problem? No will enter read-only mode and Cancel to quit and resolve this issue yourself." When i clic no, the message box closes, but there are no options available.

Can anyone help?

[Linuxgirl]

Re: Printer, monitor and sound.

Well,

I can help you with Adept.

Open console and type:

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sudo dpkg --configure -a

Try Adept to see if it fixes the problem. If it doesn't, do it again ( sudo dpkg --configure -a ) and then if it doesn't return any errors, type in the following commands in this order:
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sudo apt-get update
Code:
sudo apt-get install
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sudo apt-get autoclean

Good Luck

[gamer64]

Re: Printer, monitor and sound.

Rep, that works just fine, thank you.

Also, when my kubuntu crashed, and i reset my PC, my resolution went back to normal, so i hope that's sorted, but can anyone help me with my printer or sound problem? (As you can probably tell, i am completely new to the whole linux thing, so its like a maze to me)

Also, i downloaded Flash and A DVD codec for Kaffine (Xine-lib-1.1.12). How do i install these? Each time i click install, it opens Kate, but i don't know where to go from there.

[-Curtains-]

Re: Printer, monitor and sound.

With sound - what model is your sound card? You'll probably need to install a driver that didn't come with Kubuntu, or upgrade ALSA.

With your DVD codec - you're best installing this from Adept package manager. It makes the whole process a lot easier. Just start it up from KMenu-System-Adept Package Manager and search for it.

With flash, first open a Konsole - its under KMenu-System. I'm assuming you're installing for Firefox. Then type sudo "(filenameanddirectorywithoutthesebracketsofinstal ler)". During the install, you have to specify the Firefox directory to install to - its /usr/lib/firefox. Other than that, just follow the prompts and you should be fine.

I think that should do it - I'm a bit of newbie though, so someone might have correct me.

[gamer64]

Re: Printer, monitor and sound.

Actually i'm using Konqueror, would i just do the same for that?

I have no idea what kind my soundcard is, but it runs on Realtek AC'97 in Windows, would that be it?

And how would i upgrade alsa?

[-Curtains-]

Re: Printer, monitor and sound.

I had problems with Konqueror, the plugin part seemed to crash whenever I viewed a Flash-related website - so I haven't installed Flash for it yet. Personally I'd recommend using Firefox, it's quite a multi-platform browser that would generally get tested with web developers before Konqueror - so more stuff will probably work/display correctly.

As for your soundcard - there doesn't seem to be much chatter about it on any forums I've looked at, except for one thing - apparently if you type "modprobe ac97" (without quotes) into a konsole, it might do the trick. Otherwise I'm not sure...

I'm sorry I cant be of any more help!

[gamer64]

Re: Printer, monitor and sound.

Yeah, i just downloaded a package from adept, and it seems to work fine with Konqueror. I tried the Modprobe thing, and it didn't seem to do anything, except for:

ATAL: Module ac97 not found.

So that must mean something. I'll just have a look in windows for my driver, and see if I can find one for linux, if not, I'll have to do without, but thanks for trying, anyway.

Also, my monitor has seemed to go back to the original state, which is with the big gaps. I don't want to re-position it, because it just messes it up for windows then. If anyone can help with that, I'd really appreciate it.

[jglen490]

Re: Printer, monitor and sound.

A Windows driver won't do any good. We need to figure out what your sound card really is. Enter the following into a konsole:

sudo lshw|less

After you type in your password, give it a second or two to respond. This pipes the results of your hardware list into the "less" processor which will allow you to scroll up or down within the out put. Scroll down 'til you find "*-multimedia". My output looks like this:

*-multimedia
       description: Multimedia audio controller
       product: CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator]
       vendor: Cirrus Logic
       physical id: 5
       bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=Sound Fusion CS46xx latency=64 maxlatency=24 mingnt=4 module=snd_cs46xx

With that info, someone can help you find your driver, or figure out why it's not configured correctly.

[eddieg780]

Re: Printer, monitor and sound.

Hi. Here is where I got the info for installing my Lexmark printer. Worked great for me....http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ighlight=X1150.

[gamer64]

Re: Printer, monitor and sound.

Yep, that kinda helped, i got this:

*-multimedia UNCLAIMED
       description: Multimedia audio controller
       product: IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller
       vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
       physical id: 14.5
       bus info: pci@0000:00:14.5
       version: 80
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: msi cap_list
       configuration: latency=64 mingnt=2

Can anyone help with that?