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Subject: [linux-audio-user] linux on laptop problem was Re: best audio distribution?
From: m (m_AT_irixx.org)
Date: Thu Aug 22 2002 - 13:54:02 EEST

while i've been following the 'best audio distribution'... and noticed brian redfern's
comments on great linux sound on a laptop...

thought i might ask again about my laptop problems...
im running mandrake 8.2 on a thinkpad 600E....

i've read just about everything on getting sound happening but so far nothing seems
to be working...

having narrowed it down, it looks like ALSA and the soundcard are loading fine at startup
(i get Loading sound module [sndcard] [OK] ) and when i do lsmod all the ALSA modules are there.

but cat /proc/interrupts doesn't show my sound device.

pretty weird huh?...

i'm also having this problem on my desktop machine although i'd originally assumed it
was because i'd crammed it full of devices. but now i'm wondering if its a Mandrake thing -
it has only started happening since Mdk 8.1 - before then i had no problems (bar a couple
of little hacks i used to put in to /etc/modules.conf get things going)...

any ideas?... please help!

bw
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> Message: 8
> Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] best audio distribution?
> From: Brian Redfern <bredfern_AT_calarts.edu>
> To: linux-audio-user_AT_music.columbia.edu
> Date: 21 Aug 2002 21:27:07 -0700
> Reply-To: linux-audio-user_AT_music.columbia.edu
> 
> I'm actually putting my vote in for Redhat these days, especially if you
> use a laptop, since I found even with a low end dell laptop it
> automatically patched me for low latency during installation (that's
> with Redhat 7.3 iso's downloaded from their website). I had been running
> Suse since version 6.4, and I still think yast2 is a nice config tool,
> but recently I got a new machine and found it was impossible to get Suse
> 8.0 to install, I did get debian to install, but its more limited set of
> built in drivers left me with a machine that had no ethernet and no
> xwindows. Debian will definitely be there for the future, but I'd say
> its the hardest linux to install, I can see why redhat has gotten so
> popular as its becoming extremely easy to install and patch for low
> latency,especially when you use grub as your bootloader.
> On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 20:55, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > hi howard,
> > 
> > in a world where the source code is freely available to everyone, things
> > are pretty much on equal footing as far as software goes.  i think the
> > real difference in this regard is "what gets installed by default".
> > 
> > if your favorite distro doesn't package something, building from source
> > these days is as simple as ./configure, make, su, make install.
> > 
> > fwiw, debian and suse have the most packages available (debian testing
> > has something like 9000+), but this doesn't mean very much now that most
> > projects are using autoconf/automake.
> > 
> > btw, i use the same card.  good performer for like 12 bucks (my version
> > was called PCI-128).   the OSS drivers work just fine for it too, just
> > to let you know.
> > 
> > pete
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > begin Howard Sanner <flagstad_AT_mindspring.com> 
> > > 	I've been a long-time lurker here. A friend who is a well-known recording engineer and former member of Toscanini's NBC
> > > Symphony has asked me which Linux distribution to get for audio. Like me, he needs only two-channel recording and playback
> > > capability. We both use the Ensoniq 1370 card, which ALSA supports well.
> > > 
> > > 	I'm using Mandrake 8.1, which was recommended to me before I knew about this list. However, I've read good things here about
> > > SuSE for audio. Is there a consensus?
> > > 
> > > 	Thanks.
> > > 
> > > 						Howard Sanner
> > > 						flagstad_AT_mindspring.com
> > 
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