Log in

View Full Version : What to do...

TheMatrix
May 11th, 2011, 12:38 AM
So......

I've been thinking of replacing my Ubuntu distribution with Debian Squeeze. But I don't know.

I'm thinking of switching because my sound card does but doesn't work.
I CAN play music, but I can't adjust the volume. And Ubuntu doesn't recognize the sound card(it used to, though). None of this happens in openSuSE. By switching, maybe this will stop happening.


My computer specs (http://virtualteen.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1265674&postcount=3)
Ubuntu: 10.04LTS
openSuSE: 11.3


I prefer to have 2 different types of OS'es on my machine(rpm and deb) for package compatability.

Thanks in advance.
Commander Thor
May 11th, 2011, 01:00 AM
You realize you never actually asked a question, right? ;)
JunkBondTrader
May 11th, 2011, 09:24 AM
Debian's good, and very powerful, but be forewarned that it's a lot harder to configure than either Ubuntu or openSUSE.

Have you tried just messing with ALSA a bit? The problems with your sound card might just be a simple config issue.

And why do you need two distros? Couldn't you just use alien to convert the packages or complie from source?
TheMatrix
May 12th, 2011, 12:09 AM
You realize you never actually asked a question, right? ;)I was just asking for your opinions....

Debian's good, and very powerful, but be forewarned that it's a lot harder to configure than either Ubuntu or openSUSE.

Okay.......how hard? As hard as Windows 98? :P


Have you tried just messing with ALSA a bit? The problems with your sound card might just be a simple config issue.

Where would you find ALSA? I tried going to the Sound config, but it says "Waiting for the sound system to respond"


And why do you need two distros? Couldn't you just use alien to convert the packages or complie from source?
I tried that; it didn't work with openSuSE. But that was a while back. I'll try again later.