> Randy Gobbel wrote: > > > > > > > Actually there are now some very nice audio drivers for Linux, not yet a > > standard part of the system but they work fine. The name for this set of > > drivers is ALSA, for "Advanced Linux Sound Architecture", and they provide > > full-duplex operation and a comprehensive set of mixing functions. The bad > > news is that these drivers are device-specific, and do not support the Mac > > sound system. Mac sound support for Linux is really only half-finished at > > this > > point: there is no support at all for digitizing sound input from a > > microphone > > or other source. It shouldn't be hard to do, since there is code for sound > > input in MkLinux that could be used as a model for how to drive the > > hardware, > > but no one has gotten around to doing it. I don't know how well (or even > > if) > > the MkLinux driver actually works. > > > > -Randy > > Sound in MkLinux doesn't work. Sound output is crappy, too. Same in > Linuxppc. > > ALSA guys don't have plans to support PPC, mainly because they don't have > access > toa PowerMac. > I assume that if a Mac developer intersted in improving sound was to get in > touch > with them something might come out. > > 4Front tech say that OSS drivers for linuxppc work (full duplex ???) but I > haven't > tried them yet. I will shortly, though, and if anyone is intersted, I will > post > the results. > > I'm on the Mklinux mailing list and LinuxPPC and it seems that I'm the only > one > Mac/linux user that is bitching about the sound. Mac hardware offers some > reasonably good architecture for sound and I wish someone would do something > about > it. I know other people who would be interested in running some linux sound > apps > on their Macs ... if the sound was working. > > 'K, enough rambling. > > MiS.
