sound card problem

[Peter Garrett]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:42:03 -0400
"Dan Ziolkowski" <dan.ziolkowski at gmail.com> wrote:

[ top post snipped again, and placed where your reply should have been... ]

On 7/18/07, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:04:31 -0400
> "Dan Ziolkowski" <dan.ziolkowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
> m
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > E: Couldn't find package m
>
> looks like either a typo, or a bad copy-paste - the "m" is not required :)
>
> Try
>
> sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

[ paste below]

> yes , that worked, a typo in the doc.
> 
> That ran ok, then I ran as per the doc-
> 
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure alsa-source
> 
> It said I did not have alsa-source installed. So I did a serch for it,
> downloaded and installed alsa-driver-1.0.13, but still says alsa-source not
> installed. Any tips anyone?

apt-cache show alsa-source

says it is in the universe repository.

Try

sudo apt-get install alsa-source

then try your other commands.

You do have the universe repository enabled, right ? And you have source
code lines in your /etc/apt/sources.list file ? 

By the way, Dan - the convention on this list is to post at the bottom, or
intersperse your answers in the edited text of the mail you are replying
to. Do, please, observe the conventions, so that the context and flow of
the thread makes sense as people read it, and they won't have to cut and
paste your questions to fix them so that they appear *before* the
answers...

Peter