Mario Lang writes: > Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Ari Moisio writes: > >> Hi! > >> > >> I installed Debian Woody but was unable to find any sound modules > >> anywhere. As i like to alter anything as little as possible i'm looking > >> for sound modules without full kernel re-compile. > >> > > I suspect you misunderstand Debian. The approach of Debian is > > minimalist. If you didn't ask for sound, you didn't get it. > I strongly disagree with this desscription. It sounds like someone > describing Debian, who doesn't use it personally, which is actually, > AFAIK, the truth :) I have had two machines running Debian over the past 5 years--though I've recently retired my Alpha system. Still, I was not fully accurate. I didn't need to recompile the kernel--but I did need to proactively get and configure alsa. Perhaps things are different now--you would certainly know better than I. Sorry if I got that part wrong. Janina > > > Make sure you've got apt--which you should have. Then do > > > > apt-get update > > > > The above command should precede whatever you find you have to install > > next. Then you install the package you want, in this case alsa. So, the > > command is something like: > > > > apt-get install alsa > > > > But, this may not be completely accurate. > > Yeah, definitely... I'd first ask for a lspci output, so that > we know which card it is he wants to get up and running. > Not all cards require ALSA these days, and it is definitely > easier to get OSS working on stock 2.4 than it is to > compile ALSA modules. > > Besides, the original poster was talking about Debian Woody, which > is the last Stable release, released somewhere around summer > 2002 IIRC. Since Debian does only include major security > fixes in its Stable releases, the version of alsa available > in Woody is ALSA 0.9. These days, ALSA is already > at 1.0.7, and includes major API changes as well... > > > You'll need to learn to use apt-cache > > > > to find out about available packages. > > > >> Any pointers to begin? > >> > >> -- > >> arimo > > -- > CYa, > Mario | Debian Developer <URL:http://debian.org/> > .''`. | Get my public key via finger mlang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > : :' : | 1024D/7FC1A0854909BCCDBE6C102DDFFC022A6B113E44 > `. `' > `- > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: +1 202.494.7040 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list