On Sep 30th, Jason S. Evans wrote: > However, there is very little support for
configuring other miscellaneous things like sound cards, tv tuner cards, joysticks, menus, etc.
Hi Jason, please excuse the late reply; I am also a new convert to Debian and am learning my way around.
For sound have you run (as root) "sndconfig" ? You may have to "apt-get install sndconfig" it. It was not on my box when I first ran it.
My weekend project will be to upgrade/compile a 2.6 kernel as the Woody install/boot kernel does not have sound compiled in.
One method I am using is to goto Debian/Packages, then selecting my distro ( http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages ).
I then chose the "All Packages" list (page bottom) and use my browser to search for item like "sound" or "tuner" - which seems to only show FM radio tuner software for your case - you may have to find a card or brand specific site for that problem. Several hits on "joystick", there appears to be a "joystick library"(?).
The menu configuration process will differ due to which window manager you are using, could you be more specific? I'm play with fvwm and fluxbox, I like their speed and features.
john mitchell
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