On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:15:48 -0500 (EST), Cecil Knutson wrote: > > There is no sound from any of the ports on the computer. System Profiler > says the multimedia audio controller is an Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW, > and a Creative Labs SB Audigy LS, but only the Intel shows up on the Sound > Preferences dialog window as Intel ICH6-IEC958. The sound hardware is > good: it works on a machine running Windows 7 Ultimate and another machine > running Windows XP Pro. When I try to test the system sounds, an error > message says the Gnome Audio Package is not installed, but there is no > such package in Aptitude nor Synaptic. What must be done to get sound to > work? > The second problem concerns installing Opera 10.10. I downloaded the > Debian-Linux version of Opera 10.10 (opera_10.10.4742.gcc4.qt3_i386) to > the /home/cecil folder, opened a terminal window, issued an install > command (install opera_10.10.4742gcc4.qt3_i386 /home/cecil), and nothing > happens. Probably should have been to some bin folder, but which? If > not, what must be done to install the package? In Kubuntu 9.10 just > double-clicking the file installs the package, why is Lenny so obtuse?
As for your sound problems, you might want to take a look at the web page I created for an install of Lenny on my IBM ThinkPad 600. I realize it's a different sound chip altogether, but if the kernel is loading the right sound drivers, the procedure from there on is pretty much device independent. Start by trying to get aplay to play a .wav file, then work up from there. Here's the link --> http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm Eventually, work your way up to GNOME sound configuration. There's a whole section on that. As for Opera, I have no experience with this particular browser. I am perfectly satisfied with epiphany and iceweasel. But if you have downloaded a .deb file from a non-Debian source, the command to install it is dpkg -i <package-file-name> where <package-file-name> ends in ".deb". Normally, a vendor which has packaged a file for installation under Debian but which is not in the Debian archive will give you installation instructions that involve adding an entry to the /etc/apt/sources.list file. See if you can find them on the vendor's web site. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/498619192.13297391266462510161.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
