Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] MDK Survey Results
From: iriXx (m@irixx.org)
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 19:05:30 EET
hi,
Austin Acton wrote:
> 3. Problems with alsa sound quality on certain devices
> If these are alsa-specific problems (occur on other distros), please
> report them to alsa-project.org. If they are Mandrake specific, it
> would be nice if you could test the 9.1beta2 release to see if we have
> fixed it yet. If not, please report to http://qa.mandrakesoft.com.
i'd love to try 9.1beta2 but unfortunately i dont have DSL... so it
would take me years to download...
i did upgrade to Cooker alsa rpms though but had the same problem... :(
it was only solved by removing the modules supplied by mandrake and
upgrading to ALSA cvs....
> 4. Drakx (our installer) too simplistic
> With most new distros tending toward MORE simplistic installers, I have
> a hard time understanding this. Try expert mode first. If that's still
> too simple for you, you're welcome to make suggestions at
> mailto:cooker@mandrakesoft.com our developers' mailing list. We have
> added a rudimentary sound card and sound system (alsa/oss) configurator
> in the Mandrake Control Panel, so you can change sound system and card
> quite easily at any time.
it would be good if drakx had config options for sound... this is what i
meant by too simplistic... all it does is make a stab at guessing the
soundcard (which in the case of my thinkpad 600e turned out to be wrong
- it guessed cs46xx when the tp600e has a cs4239 which runs under
cs4236!)... it would be good to be able to run sndconfig at the time of
install... just as you do very well with the printer and LAN config...
>
> 5a. Drakx doesn't detect/configure USB audio
> Pixel, the mastermind behind our installer was very surprised by this.
> He says if you send him your /proc/bus/usb/devices list, he will fix the
> problem. The exception is the Extigy. Currently it's not detected, and
> they're not sure if we can include the drivers for it.
i'll do so.... my soundcard is the m-audio usb quattro...
> Now for requested applications. To my surprise, most of these we do not
> include. I will do my best to get most of them included in 9.1. Some
> others we already include, or can't include. I'll comment below.
looks good... i'm looking forward to getting 9.1...
thanx for contacting us... as a mandrake user, i really appreciate your
taking an interest in our feedback :)
bw
m~
> Requested that we include already:
> snd
> mplayer
>
> Requested that we can't include:
> cinelerra (includes mp3 encoder)
> lame (ditto)
> both may be available at plf.zarb.org, a site run by outlaws :-)
> realplay (proprietary, available at www.mandrakeclub.com)
>
> Requested that we don't plan to include:
> broadcast 2000 (obsolete, hard to maintian)
>
> Requested that I know Tobbe is working on currently:
> ardour
> qjackconnect
> csound
> cecelia
> rtsynth
> swami
> muse
> pd
> ceres
> vkeyb
> all are available for Mandrake 9.0 at:
> http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.0.html but are completely unsupported
> They will be in 9.1 for sure.
>
> Requested that I will personally look into:
> kaconnect
> amsynth
> spiral* (won't compile with gcc 3.2.1, will need to ask author to fix)
> freqtweak
> jmax
> seq24
>
> Finally for favorite apps. I wanted to know what apps we should focus
> on, as well as estimate how well we are doing at including popular apps.
> Favorite apps we include: 56% of votes
> Favorite apps we don't include (yet): 38% of votes
> Favorite apps we can't/won't include: 6% of votes
>
> So it looks like we're not doing too bad! Looks like 9.1 could include
> 94% of your favorite apps.
>
> I really want to thank you all again for your help.
> Mandrake 9.1 should be released in April. Until then feel free to ask
> questions, pose suggestions, and submit bug reports. I will be on this
> list indefinitely I hope, as I'm a heavy Audacity user. :-)
>
> Austin
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