Re: Amateur

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> Whilst it's booting I get a message saying Starting kerneld, version =
> 2.2.2-pre6 (pid10) and that I really don't want to be running it =
> with... I can't remember. I read a doc that told me, I think, that I've =
> got two programs doing the same job. Later on, just before I can login, =
> it says the same message, but ...(pid53). What is this? Am I f**king =
> up my system? How do I fix it?

The linux kernel used to use kerneld to load kernel modules (e.g. for
sound, ppp, filesystems). Kerneld has been replaced in later kernels by
kmod, which is built into the kernel. You SHOULD be able to simply
remove the initd entries for kerneld, though don't sue me if it goes wrong. :)
To remove the entries, find the directory containing the initscripts. On RedHat
it's in /etc/rc.d/, but I heard SuSE might have it in /sbin/rc.d/.
In the directory there should be directories numbered from rc0.d/ to
rc6.d/. Remove all the files with names containing kerneld, and things
should be fixed. I'm not an SuSE expert, though it should work.

> Also, oh please help, I can't get any sound. I've got access to two =
> sound cards a Videologic SonicStorm Pro (ESS Maestro), and a Terratec =
> something (ESS slot-1). I thought all I had to do was click on a button =
> in xconfig, reboot, and that would be that. I never got any sound with =
> 2.2.10, but then again I never tried. It'll be great if you could help.

The Maestro cards are supported, try looking at:
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/Maestro

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