On 09/04/2003 04:50:24 PM, Paul Dorman wrote:
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
Yes, this is available, but it not intuitive, not clear, and doesn't always work.
It should but doesn't:
- tell the user that two sound systems are available
- tell the user that alsa drivers are prefixed by snd-
- recommend that the user choose an alsa driver since it supports both sound systems
- select alsa drivers by defualt (at least for trident and usb drivers, it choses oss by default)
* Automatic creation of asoundrc
For most generic consumer sound cards you don't need a asoundrc. Most pro- audio linux users would want to make their own. There are no pro-audio GUI- only (Windows/Mac converts) that use linux for audio that I know of, hehe.
* Auto start up of JACK.
Nobody wants jack running all the time. Seriously. Unless the computer is used exclusively for audio production, in which case the user is not likely to choose Mandrake (which I'm fighting against, but losing).
I recently added qjackctl to contribs, which is an amazing GUI for JACK. Try it out.
Austin
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Austin Acton Hon.B.Sc.
Synthetic Organic Chemist, Teaching Assistant
Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto
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