Re: Detection of Hardware and Devices

2007-02-08 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: ... > The information as to the actual identifiers come from the chip. Run > 'lspci -vvv' to see them in their full glory. The pretty descriptions > come from a "database" (really a text file or something like that) on > disk. ... The database of lspci is the text fil

Re: Detection of Hardware and Devices

2007-02-08 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 14:10:34 +, john gennard wrote: Michael Pobega wrote: [...] Have you tried Debian Etch? I know Debian Sarge is a bit older and has much worse hardware detection than Etch. When I used Sarge nothing worked for me, but an upgrade to Etch fix

Re: Detection of Hardware and Devices

2007-02-08 Thread john gennard
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:51:23AM +, john gennard wrote: If possible, I'd like someone to help me here. Sarge gives the problem and Kubuntu (Debian based) works fine. Well, Sarge is close to two years old. Kubuntu has also diverged from Debian a great deal an

Re: Detection of Hardware and Devices

2007-02-08 Thread john gennard
Michael Pobega wrote: john gennard wrote: I have a problem getting sound to work in a Sarge install, which is the subject of another thread. Having little technical savvy, I often find things confusing or impossible to comprehend. If possible, I'd like someone to help me here. Sarge gives the

Re: Detection of Hardware and Devices

2007-02-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:51:23AM +, john gennard wrote: > > If possible, I'd like someone to help me here. Sarge gives > the problem and Kubuntu (Debian based) works fine. > Well, Sarge is close to two years old. Kubuntu has also diverged from Debian a great deal and you don't mention whic

Re: Detection of Hardware and Devices

2007-02-07 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 14:10:34 +, john gennard wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: [...] > >Have you tried Debian Etch? I know Debian Sarge is a bit older and has > >much worse hardware detection than Etch. When I used Sarge nothing > >worked for me, but an upgrade to Etch fixed everything. I'm

Re: Detection of Hardware and Devices

2007-02-07 Thread john gennard
Michael Pobega wrote: john gennard wrote: I have a problem getting sound to work in a Sarge install, which is the subject of another thread. Having little technical savvy, I often find things confusing or impossible to comprehend. If possible, I'd like someone to help me here. Sarge gives the

Re: Detection of Hardware and Devices

2007-02-07 Thread Michael Pobega
john gennard wrote: > I have a problem getting sound to work in a Sarge install, > which is the subject of another thread. Having little > technical savvy, I often find things confusing or impossible > to comprehend. > > If possible, I'd like someone to help me here. Sarge gives > the problem and K