Hi folks. The only repository reference I found on the Debian site was for security "deb http:// security.debian.org/ stable/updates main". The problem I'm having is getting the Audigy2 soundblaster card detected, and the alsa driver is positively ancient "0.9" . The Debian site shows on packages, testing, much more up to date Alsa packages "1.08". I tried just adding a new line in apt's sources.list changing stable for testing, but it hasn't updated the list to show the latest Alsa packages and hopefully the kernels to go with them. Can someone give me a list of the repository URL's for apt? Nigel aka farpoint.

Distribution: Debian 3.0r2 Woody
Kernel: 2.4.16-686
Alsa version: 0.9+0beta10+
CPU: P111 Celeron 1300MHZ
Soundcard: Audigy2 soundblaster

This is a sample list. Change the domain to the one close to you!

# sarge/testing sources

deb ftp://ftp.debian.nl/debian/ sarge main non-free contrib
#deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.nl/debian/ sarge main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sarge/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sarge/non-US main contrib non-free

# sid/unstable sources

deb ftp://ftp.debian.nl/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
#deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.nl/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sid/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sid/non-US main contrib non-free

# experimental sources

deb ftp://ftp.debian.nl/debian/ ../project/experimental main
#deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.nl/debian/ ../project/experimental main

# alioth packages experimental
deb http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.4.0/ ./

# mentors debian unstable
#deb http://debian.bootsplash.de/ unstable main

# security updates ones sarge is stable

#deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main

# local files

deb file:///root/debs ./

Hi Moloko. Thanks for the feedback. I tried the URL for the testing packages, but No-Go. But it gave me a shove. I found in a manual for apt for Debian a URL that works.
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free. This one got me a few updates. Next I changed "stable" for "testing". I had some problems there. But I found with commenting out the indexes for the cdroms in apt/sources.list the testing repository is now available. This is verified in synaptic which now shows Alsa 1.08 which as far as I'm concerned is verification. Whether this will help me to get sounds working in Debian remains to be seen. I've got Alsa working on FC1.FC2 Slackware 10.0. Mandrake10.0 (Admittadly with a problem with the USB midi keyboard.

URL"s that pick up testing & stable packages.
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free

I had problems when the cdrom indexes were uncommented in apt/sources.list with getting the testing headers. Apt-get claimed "not enough room" "cannot parse" . But when I commented out the CDROM's in apt/sources.list I've now got the testing header list showing up in synaptic. Don't ask me why. I 'm just trying to get some sounds out of Debian. Thanks again for your help Nigel aka farpoint

This should fix the errors; add this in /etc/apt/apt.conf:

APT::Cache-Limit 12582912;

Hi Moloko. Thanks for the fix in apt.conf. I can't try it at the moment as I've only just said Yes to 259MB of updates from the testing repository "on dial-up". Its showing about 15 hours to go. Doh. Anyway. I've got the sounds working now with the 2.4.27-2-386 kernel, and Alsa 1.08. One problem I've got is with the CDROM drive. Kdiskfree shows the drive at /cdrom, and there are 2 directories there. 1 for cdrom and the other for cdrom0,but they don't point anywhere. /dev/cdrom points to sd0 which isn't the cdrom drive as it's hdc, as is usually the case. Is there a way I can set up a link from /cdrom to /dev/hdc?Forget that request, I've just fixed it in /etc/fstab. It's just great working with Linux. You learn so much. Nigel aka farpoint.

Distros:
FC1,FC2, with music software from planetccrma
Slackware10.0 music software and mm kernel from audioslack
MDK10.0 sounds work with 2.4 & 2.6 kernels from thac, but alsa 1.06 with the 2.6 kernel has a bug which doesn't load the snd-seq-midi module.
Debian. AOK up to now
Gentoo 2004. Can't even get into it now, and the sounds won't work. Stuck in a loop-back in the X log-in screen. Spent 30hrs DLing KDE for this on dial-up. It did work, but the last time I tried to get in it kept sending me back to GO. This is the next one to work on.

Hi Moloko. Tried the cache-limit increase but when I ran apt-get update it told me there was a load of rubbish at the end of the config file. It's a bit of a strange apt.conf file compared to that on FC1 and FC2, and has only one line in it apart from a couple of commented ones. "Dpkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";l;" . It's probably no big deal as I'm trying to upgrade to the testing version, and whats on the cdrom's is going to be of no use. I've just commented them out.

I've got a slight problem with the sounds. But will make another posting for that. The cd's play ok with Kscd when logged in as user, but cd's usually do play ok, and it's a good indication that the sound cards been picked up. Kmidi says no output ports, and Kmix just brings up a blank screen, and to get alsamixer I have to su to root. If I log-in as root on kdm I can use Kmidi ok, and Kmix brings up the mixer properly. It's obviously a permissions thing, but I'm not sure how to go about fixing it. I don't want to run the system as root to use the sounds. Thats a big No-No. Nigel aka farpoint.

Distroebian 3.0r.2 with stable upgrade, stable dist-upgrade, security stable upgrade, testing upgrade, kernel 2.4.27-2-386 and alsa added. Still got 400+ updates to do for testing apt-get dist-upgrade.
Kernel: 2.4.27-2-386
Alsa: 1.08

I am running Sid so my source list is a little long. I could probably get rid of a couple of them.
I have almost always been able to find a program if I needed it. Synaptic shows over 21k packages available.
#stable
# deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
# deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US main contrib non-free
# deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free

# Unstable
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free

# Sources
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free

# Testing
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free

# Sources
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free

# Experimental
# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main contrib non-free

#wine
deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/
deb-src http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ source/

# bootsplash-tools
# deb http://mentors.debian.net/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

# kpkgmanager, kio-apt
deb http://lpnotfr.free.fr/debian/ ./
deb-src http://lpnotfr.free.fr/debian/ ./

#gaim-vv
# deb http://people.debian.org/~smimram/debian/ unstable main
# deb-src http://people.debian.org/~smimram/debian/ unstable main

# Kanotix
deb http://kanotix.com/files/debian/ ./
deb-src http://kanotix.com/files/debian/ ./

#mplayer,acroread.various packages
# deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ stable main
# deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main

# div4linux,lame,win32-codecs
deb ftp://ftp.mowgli.ch/pub/debian/ sid unofficial

# games, xmms plugins, X on screen display, Flightgear, Fortunes,Quake,
# Acroread, flashplayer-mozilla, KDE applets, KDE themes, A/V codecs and tools,
# Mencoder, Mplayer, OGMtools, WINE and others
deb http://jeroen.coekaerts.be/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://jeroen.coekaerts.be/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

# The Opera Web Browser
# deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free
# deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ testing non-free
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ unstable non-free

# Star Control II - The Ur Quan Masters
deb http://uqm.debian.net/ unstable/

# X drivers for sis vga chips.Unstable (sid).
deb http://www.winischhofer.net/sis/debian/unstable/ ./
deb-src http://www.winischhofer.net/sis/debian/unstable/ ./

Thanks for the extremely long list. I didn't realise that Wine had an apt repository. I think I've got all that I need now. A big thank you to all that have helped on this thread. Nigel. aka farpoint.