From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernard Pidoux Subject: Re: OS info please Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:44:49 +0100 Message-ID: <45F067B1.9040208@ccr.jussieu.fr> References: <45ED64DC.7070209@blueyonder.co.uk> <20070306205340.GA32042@cloud.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20070306205340.GA32042@cloud.net.au> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: richard , linux-hams@vger.kernel.org Hamish Moffatt a =E9crit : > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 12:55:56PM +0000, richard wrote: > =20 >> Hi Hamish, I sent this to linux-hams, but it hasn't appeared. >> As I expect it would be you who could answer this I'm sending direct= to=20 >> you as well. >> >> Hi all, >> I'm pretty sure I've hit a problem with the way Mandriva dynamically >> handle devices and also a >> lib that isn't packaged libasound2-devel. >> I've looked for it on the ALSA site, but dont know which of the pack= ages >> includes it. >> The alternative is to move OS s as libasound2-devel. is available as= .deb >> =20 > > I'm sure that it is available, but probably the name is different. > > I think it may be "libalsa2-devel"? I found mention of such a thing a= t > http://www.cyberknights.com.au/mdv2007p0/Development%7CC.phtml > > =20 >> If I did which of the debian versions/clones can be configured to al= low >> >> running of gnome 2.16, K3b some of the KDE photo apps, >> as well as having wsjt , I think that has been packaged as a .deb >> and as I like sitting in the shack watching the occasional film >> LinDVD. >> recent kernel >> And hasn't got that horrible bug of alsa resetting on Delta 44/66 ca= rds >> to a clock speed of 8 KHz >> so all pcm sources playback at nearly half speed >> >> don't ask for much do I ? >> =20 > > Debian etch (to be released very soon, but you can run it now) has GN= OME > 2.14, wsjt, recent KDE (I don't know the exact version). No idea abou= t > the ALSA bugs. > > I couldn't even find a way to get a list of included packages on > mandriva.com. Frankly I think you would be better off with a > distribution that has a bit of community behind it. > > Hamish > =20 Package list is easy to find through Mandriva Control Center. It offers= =20 a mean to find either an rpm package name or a file name or a name in=20 the description file. I found that package installation or update process are very easy=20 through MCC. The second way is to use the command line urpmi application. The third way is to browse any Mandriva ftp mirror looking into media o= r=20 contrib directory =46or example :=20 http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/Mandrivalinux/official/2007.= 0/i586/media/ You can also look at ordered list : http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/Mandrivalinux/official/2007= =2E0/i586/media/media_info/depslist.ordered and perform a key work search. 73 de Bernard, f6bvp - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html