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I'm running hardy heron and want to run 2.6.15 kernel. got the source and ubuntu patches, made and installed the kernel but when I try and create the initrd image. I get a whole bunch of errors
I have been using kubuntu 8.04 and have been playing sounds/music from the internet/mp3/dvds without problem.
Today when rebooting the machine I find that I am no longer getting any sound. The kmix icon on the taskbar has an X through it and when trying to play a mp3 file in Amarok I get the following error message:
:
xine was unable to initialise any audio drivers
I would be very grateful for help in fixing this problem
I have seen on the net all kind of claims that one can recover data from a problematic harddrive by using a Linux liveCD. However, when booting with a kubuntu dvd none of my two harddrives are mounted. They show up of course, but there is no data access.
My question is: How can one then recover data (lets say via K3b burning) when booted with a kubuntu livedvd?
One drive is formated ext3 and the other ntfs.
PS. I remember that a while ago I tried a mandriva ...
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I have seen on the net all kind of claims that one can recover data from a problematic harddrive by using a Linux liveCD. However, when booting with a kubuntu dvd none of my two harddrives are mounted. They show up of course, but there is no data access.
