From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pih-relay05.plus.net (pih-relay05.plus.net [212.159.14.18]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F53110B03 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 17:01:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from [81.174.158.126] (helo=localhost) by pih-relay05.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1LUpo0-0006cK-5s for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:01:12 +0000 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 22:01:18 +0000 From: Keith Barrett To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: debian lenny and sound card Message-ID: <20090204220118.GA2452@debian.Belkin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Plusnet-Relay: 7b5d8655ebf6e5b2eb424362d8f8bd01 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:01:14 -0000 I am about to start trying to get sound working on my debian lenny box. Wondering about the best way to achieve this. I am working from the command line so after installing the base system, I backed out of the install and just used apt-get to get the packages I wanted. I have been googling but have found a howto using alsa but I note from one of the lists, possibly this one that lenny is using jack for sound. Is this for the command line? The howto was for an older version of debian. I would consider installing gnome and orca if this would make things less complicated but I think I was really only want the gui for browsing the net and I am not sure that orca is solid enough yet. So, should I use this alsa howto or is there a better way? Thanks and sorry for the list clutter but not many howto's out there for lenny yet. Keith