Yep, this is getting lame… it seems half this blog is becoming a collection of quick links and tips on surviving Ubuntu. Well anyway: the lame I found in the package manager did not work. Downloading & compiling the source myself worked without a hitch (it does need some build-tools, but apparently I had them floating around — probably after the xmms install…).
And, speaking of handy links and also to add some news for you, my trustworthy readers: This link may actually help me getting my USBAP Dongle working under Unix (still need to follow that up, unfortunately my dongle is from Bigben, and not from Datel; fortunately, the whole world seems to be using roughly the same chipset, so it might work in the end(tm)). Ow, and I am the proud owner of eee PC:P It rocks :)
Update: found some images of the driver disc on the web that have the “Datel” logo there… so this might be a quite viable option :) :)