On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 21:50, Paul Dorman wrote: > Hi all again! > > I am wondering how difficult it would be to add an audio system section to the > Mandrake Control Center. It would: > > * Allow the user to elect OSS or ALSA as the default (configuring the correct > module settings)
already done by draksound. > * Automatic creation of asoundrc > * Allow the user to specify how the sound card(s) features are used > (2,4,5,6-channel operation, digital i/o, etc.) given the rather dodgy state of surround support for all cards I've seen (often implemented in bizarre and undocumented fashion by random mixer settings), this doesn't sound like a walk in the park... > * Allow the user to use an audio-optimized kernel. Say by adding a linux-audio > or linux-multimedia <bootloader of your choice> entry we have kernel-multimedia (though it's sadly neglected)...no need for an application to "enable" it, really, you "enable" it by installing it with urpmi / rpmdrake and rebooting... -- adamw
