[TriLUG] Debian

[john mitchell]

On Sep 30th,
Jason S. Evans wrote:
 > However, there is very little support for
> configuring other miscellaneous things like sound cards, tv tuner
> cards, joysticks, menus, etc.

    Hi Jason, please excuse the late reply; I am also a new convert to 
Debian and am learning my way around.
    For sound have you run (as root) "sndconfig" ? You may have to 
"apt-get install sndconfig" it. It was not on my box when I first ran it.
    My weekend project will be to upgrade/compile a 2.6 kernel as the 
Woody install/boot kernel does not have sound compiled in.

    One method I am using is to goto Debian/Packages, then selecting my 
distro ( http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages ).
    I then chose the "All Packages" list (page bottom) and use my 
browser to search for item like "sound" or "tuner" - which seems to only 
show FM radio tuner software for your case - you may have to find a card 
or brand specific site for that problem. Several hits on "joystick", 
there appears to be a "joystick library"(?).
    The menu configuration process will differ due to which window 
manager you are using, could you be more specific? I'm play with fvwm 
and fluxbox, I like their speed and features.
john mitchell