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Ubuntu/Linux driver question

  • 10-07-2008 02:55PM
    #1
    ianhobo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 413 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm quite new to Linux, having only really "messed around" with it before.
    I have installed Ubuntu 8.04 on my laptop as the live CD looked, and worked great.

    I had problems with my display driver, but managed to update the standard vesa driver to the openchrome one for via chipsets.

    The (last) problem I'm having is with my audio. From I've what I've found out, i need "snd-via82xx" but I can't find this with snyaptic, and apt-get can't find the package/module/driver either.

    Also, my list of linux commands is quite limited, so I'm sort of stuck even trying to find out information. There was an audio command which returned two results, I expected to see my hardware listed there too, but it wasnt

    If I do an lspci, the audio hardware shows up, but no where else.

    How do I get a list of installed drivers, or detected hardware that doesn't have a driver?

    The live CD audio worked fine! Could I possibly copy that? How would I find out what driver it was using?

    Thanks for any help ye may have


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