Hi Scott
Not sure if the iMac's sound card is true multi-channel, but one
thing to keep in mind is that even if it is, some of the Linux
drivers are not. I haven't tried Linux on VMWare yet--that's next on
my list--but I've seen several computers with multi-channel chips
that Linux doesn't allow multiple sound outputs on. In particular,
the snd_intel8x0 driver is notorious for this problem with onboard
chips. I've also seen this happen with the ens1370 and ens1371
drivers. Which driver does Linux use under VMWare, by the way?
On Feb 1, 2007, at 3:47 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
Folks,
Not sure how many of you have tried this, but here's a series of
questions.
1. Is the Imac's sound card multi-chanel? My understanding is that
it is multi-chanel, but perhaps I'm wrong. In other words is it
truly multi-chanel or does it do some fancy mixing to achieve
playing multiple sources at once.
2. Has anyone successfully used windows or Linux under Vmware and
had multiple sounds going at once.
These questions are because I've successfully installed Ubuntu
Linux under Vmware on my Intel-based Imac.
The issues I'm having is trying to use Speakfreely. I'm not sure if
its because I pulled the binaries over from my former Debian box
and perhaps I need to recompile Speakfreely, but then my thought
was that perhaps the Mac's sound hardware doesn't handle multiple
chanels.
It also could be that Vmware isn't capable of handling the Mac
sound hardware in this situation. Sounds work just fine as far as
speech and yes, Speakup works great and I even have gotten Orca
working. If anyone is curious about details I'll be glad to share
what I know/learned.
Also, does anyone know of a usb sound card that is fully supported
by Linux?
Any thoughts appreciated.
Scott
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