kernel 2.6.6 - was Re: [plug] Sound card problem

[Matt Kemner]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, quoth nofixed:

> Still no sound.  The kernel is not finding the hardware.  Windows XP
> does, so there is no problem with hardware.

Just because something works under Windows is no guarantee it will work
under Linux.  The question is, have you had it working under Linux at
all?

> I could no longer use a console in kde.  I got the window, but no
> shell was started.
[SNIP]
> Then I ran apt-get upgrade.  That downloaded 204 packages.  It fixed
> the console problem, but broke X.
[SNIP]
> I was not initially using apt-get due to inexperience and lack of
> confidence in it.  I am using it now, but find it less than
> reliable...
[SNIP]

Well you ARE running Debian "unstable" are you not?

There is a reason it is called unstable - it does the sorts of things you
have mentioned.  It is intended as a repository of bleeding-edge packages
only, which you grab the occasional package from - and test thoroughly
before relying on it. It is NOT intended to be tracked daily with apt-get
upgrade.

I know Debian "Stable" (Woody) is probably not going to make you happy due
to its age (although I'm still running Woody on my main desktop at home
and am very happy with it) but please at least consider running Sarge
(Debian "testing") which is much more stable than Sid will ever be.

I downgraded my laptop from Sid to Sarge after I experienced issues
similar to yours, using the instructions at:

http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/downgrade.html

Hope this helps

Regards,

 - Matt