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>Hello Matthew |
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>On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 12:02:19PM +0000, Matthew Polashek wrote: |
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>> I've got the Powerbook 17" G4 1.5 Ghz model. I think apple only one |
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>> with that monitor size and processor speed. |
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>Maybe, maybe not. It's not what I asked for. Read the output of "grep |
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>machine /proc/cpuinfo". There you'll find something like "PowerBook7,2" |
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>(the numbers are the important ones). |
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>I'm asking because on some models the sound is not yet supported. But |
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>there's a driver in development (snd-aoa, [1]). |
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Cool. I'll check it out.
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>> Is there a way to run audio apps safely on a PPC processor using |
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>> Linux? |
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>I'm sure there is. You have always the source code at hand and can |
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>modify it to make it better. |
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Okay.
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>> Anyway, what would you suggest I do to get stable audio on a PPC? |
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>Unfortunately, I don't have much expierience with professional audio on |
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>any platform. Sound output works on my G5 and one of my PowerBooks while |
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>another one doesn't have its sound chip supported yet (but will with |
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>snd-aoa). Digital output is said not to work for now, but it's planned |
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>to be included in snd-aoa once they figure it out. |
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I guess that would explain the sound driver error when I run the boot CD.
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>Oh, and please learn how to quote. First and last warning from me. |
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I assume you mean you prefer nested quotes. Is that correct?
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Matt
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>Greets, |
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>Michael |
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>[1] http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/snd-aoa.git/ |
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>Gentoo Linux developer, http://hansmi.ch/, http://forkbomb.ch/ |
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>Unix weanies are as bad at this as anyone. |
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> -- Larry Wall in 199702111730.JAA28598@××××.org> |
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