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I hate installing Debian

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Faust:
Heh, thats why I changed to testing, just too much old stuff in stable.  It'd be cool for a server, but for a desktop no way.

emh:
It might not be a bad idea to just install a new kernel, as the latest one would have the latest drivers available.

I don't know how Debian handles kernel installing.  I know RPM-based distros have kernels you can just install like an application, and then just simply reboot into the new kernel. (I myself have done this before with my Mandrake 9.1)  I would imagine there would be a Debian package for the latest kernel around somewhere.

3eyes:

quote:Originally posted by emh:
It might not be a bad idea to just install a new kernel, as the latest one would have the latest drivers available.

I don't know how Debian handles kernel installing.  I know RPM-based distros have kernels you can just install like an application, and then just simply reboot into the new kernel. (I myself have done this before with my Mandrake 9.1)  I would imagine there would be a Debian package for the latest kernel around somewhere.
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I'm afraid I don't know how to do that either. I'll do some research on it. Thanks for the idea though.  

JH:

quote:Before the so-called "gurus" get smug and say I didn't configure it right, yes, I did. I did my research and installed everything properly, including ipv4 and all the little questions it asks like the framebuffer. It was properly installed...
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So everything just works fine than, right?  ;)

3eyes:
Har har.    

Actually, I think I may have found a way around this: download the Sarge isos (man, this is going to take a week), install Woody, login as root just to make sure it recognizes that and then reboot from the Sarge cd and install that.

Or should I try Sid? Would it be more likely to recognize my hardware? Only the latest version of Knoppix has a driver for my sound card, called via82cxxx_audio. I tried to apt-get that driver just to see if I could and it came up couldn't find package, so I'm unsure.

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