[Gllug] First Debian install - a little help needed!

[FORSTER, David]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Norton
> 
> knoppix, debian, redhat etc should all be able to handle your 
> laptop's hardware
> save for some obscure things like TV out etc.
> 
> you just need to percevere with learning to configure it :-), 
> i find with
> debian it is easier to get it bootable and then compile a new 
> kernel from
> kernel.org, that tends to let me get stuff like sound and usb 
> sorted well.
> 
> go on, take the jump and compile a kernel :-)
> 

Hehe, I will.. I just haven't reached that chapter in the book yet :o)

the odd thing is, I'm sure that when I installed Debian that I loaded the
module for my sound chip. I do see something about the AC'97 in the kernel
boot messages but it scrolls past too quickly to read it and when I look at
var/log/messages I can't see it.. Will dmesg show me anything different?
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