trying to install ALSA

2001-01-13 Thread James W. Lindenschmidt
Hello everyone I'm still trying to install ALSA on my new potato system. I've progressed some, but I'm still stumped. Here's what I've done so far: 1. I realized I didn't have the kernel source installed, so I did apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.18pre21 from stable. However, this did not create

Re: why use Debian?

2001-01-12 Thread James W. Lindenschmidt
Two (one?) words: apt-get I too just migrated from Red Hat. Debian rules. > I am interested in why people prefer Debian to other Linux > distributions. Please explain the top few reasons why you chose Debian > rather than something else.

AWE64 and ALSA

2001-01-12 Thread James W. Lindenschmidt
I recently migrated to Debian potato from RedHat, and I am thrilled, with the exception of my sound card setup. I haven't been able to get it to work, and the online documentation I've seen is confusing and contradictory. The Debian install manual doesn't mention sound at all, and Linuxdoc recommen

new boot disk?

2001-01-10 Thread James W. Lindenschmidt
Greetings, everyone. I just migrated from RedHat over to Debian potato and I'm thrilled so far. But, I think my boot disk is defective, since it takes 5-7 minutes for the Loading Linux.. process to complete from /dev/fd0 before Linux actually boots. I suspect I have a bad floppy, a

install via FTP HOWTO?

2000-11-04 Thread W. Lindenschmidt
a HOWTO available for newbies such as myself on how to install via FTP? I have a cable modem and I believe this is probably the easiest way for me to install. Thanks in advance... -- James W. Lindenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://JimL.homepage.com -- Please read http://www.votenader.org