Re: alsa et al

[Tiarnan O Corrain <ocorrain@esatclear.ie>]

Vicar In A Tutu <vicarinatutu@ecosse.net> writes:
> Alsa source code doesn't want to compile. Tells me it needs the kernel source 
> to
> be present in one of the directories; scoobied if I know what to do with it. 

Check that you have the kernel-source package installed, and that
/usr/src/linux is a symbolic link to whatever directory it's in.

> The
> potato distro .deb packet with the driver is too old and my card isn't in.

Are you running potato/stable? If so, do you have the following in
/etc/apt/sources.list?

        deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free

This will allow you to get packages from testing/woody with 

        apt-get source --build <package-name>


> And it also seems I can't get the hang of apt-get... how does one make it work
> for individual packages?

You can find you which meta-package a specific command is in with

        apt-cache search <package-name>

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