On 11/05/14 16:53, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have this weekend, managed to install Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce version > onto a laptop computer. > > However, the sound does not work.
Ouch. But easily fixed. > > In searching, I have found that the laptop apparently has a Realtek > soundcard (and, an inbuilt Intel something soundcard thing). That covers a wide range of devices. Could you be more specific please? e.g. the output of:- $ lspci | grep audio > > With Debian having eliminated "non-free" stuff from the official release > packages, I realize that, somewhere (it is not easy to find http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ >, from the > Debian web site), "firmware" ISO's are available, that can install > "non-free" hardware drivers. > > I am therefore wondering whether, somewhere, packages exist (.deb > packages, that make installation relatively easy for those of us not > skilled "in the black arts"), for the hardware drivers that may be on > the firmware ISO's. By "installation" do you mean "drivers available *during* installation"?? For the purposes of making available during installation? https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware (I have some small scripts I use to customise netinstall images if you want, they extract the installer image, allow you to add a preseed.cfg and firmware, then rebuild the iso for you). If you mean *after* installing Debian, then yes. firmware-linux-nonfree and firmware-linux-free are the main packages. $ apt-cache search firmware # for lots more > > I do not know whether the firmware ISO's allow a user to choose which > desktop environment is installed, Yes. They are identical to the "normal" install CDs, they just include firmware. > and the procedure that I found, for > dealing with the .tar.bz files from the Realtek web site, seem too > complicated. Do you have a link for that? > > Thank you in anticipation, for constructive assistance. > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > <snipped> Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/536f218f.3030...@gmail.com
