Thanks for your suggestion David. I have now downloaded [and put on disc] Knoppix, Ubuntu and Gentoo. Haven't tried them yet as I will be erasing my H-D 1st. Hope I can get all my cards working with at least one of these OS's and can then come across some video/DVD editing software and avoid going back to Microsuck! Thanks again. PS: I live just outside of Stratford, ON, Canada. On August 19, 2005 04:53 am, David Goodenough wrote: > On Thursday 18 August 2005 23:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, I am wondering if it is possible to use Debian as my OS and be able > > to get my soundcard [Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer-24bit] and > > TV-Tuner card [ATI TV Wonder-Pro] to work. Have tried simplyMepis and now > > Mandrake 10 and can't get them to work. There is an ALSA driver that > > suppossedly works for my soundcard. I suppose the best solution would be > > to invest in a soundcard and TV tunercard that include a Linux driver, > > but can't reaaly afford them right now. Was until recently using XP-PRO > > with which all worked well. I made a lot of DVD's. Would like to continue > > doing that without the expense and hassles of Microsoft products:eg. if > > you erase hard-drive you get major hassles trying to get the product key > > accepted again! So thought Linux and Debian in particuliar to be an > > alternative suited to me. But only if I can get all my cards working as > > well as being able to record and edit video files [MPEG-2 from several > > sources] as I had before. My videocard [ABIT R9600XT-V10/ with ATI chip] > > is working fine at least, and ATI does make a Linux driver [which I > > didn't need to install] for some of their newer cards but not the TV > > Wonder. So would hope there is some software available for DVD production > > available as well. But the main thing now is whether I can get the above > > mentioned cards to work. Hope you can advise. Yours' Sincerely John. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Stratford ON Canada] > > Try getting a copy of Knoppix, and try running that on your PC and see if > it can handle all of your hardware. Knoppix runs from CD so you will not > damage your existing setup just in trying it. Knoppix is also Debian based > so if Knoppix can drive your hardware then almost certainly Debian can > be made to. > > David
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