On Mar 6, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Clive Menzies <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 06/03/16 05:43, Rick Thomas wrote: >> On Mar 5, 2016, at 8:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hi Rick, >>> >>> I'm in the same boat with a powerbook G4; no sound cards found. >>> >>> I found this a couple of weeks ago but I haven't give it a try yet. >>> >>> http://ppcluddite.blogspot.mx/2015/08/debian-kernel-with-sound-fix.html?m=1 >>> >>> I'm a musician so I might give it a try this week too. >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> Jose. >> Thanks for the pointer, Jose. >> >> Unfortunately, this is a "powerpc" kernel, not "powerpc64" kernel. The G5 >> needs the 64-bit version. But it might well work for you on your G4, which >> is 32-bit. >> >> As a musician, you might be interested in Hanno's sonic-pi software, which >> is what got me started down this road. >> >> Good luck! And let us know what you find out. >> >> Rick > Hi Rick > > I don't know if anyone's answered this for you but the 4.5.0-rc2 kernel is > here: > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8pqd5Ots1vfT2puX09CYjEwcFk&usp=drive_web > > Regards > > Clive Thanks, Clive! That did the trick. The "gravelly" sound I was getting turned out to be a problem with the mpg321 player. When I switched to alsaplayer instead, the sound was clear and clean... Probably some kind of bigendian trouble with mpg321. Enjoy! Rick
