debian: what sound drivers ?

[Fraser Campbell]

On January 21, 2004 09:21 pm, Chris Aitken wrote:

> > 2.4 kernels come only with OSS drivers as far as I know.  Do an
> > "apt-cache search alsa"
>
> That's the syntax?
>
> apt-cache search alsa

That will get you a list of packages that mention alsa.  You can find the 
appropriate one for your kernel from that list per instructions below.

> > and you'll see modules for alsa that can be installed if that is
> > what you want.  If you're running kernel-image-2.4.22-1-686 then you
> > would have to "apt-get install alsa-modules-2.4.22-1-686".

You probably need alsa-base and alsa-utils in addition to the appropriate 
kernel modules.

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