John Jordan wrote: > I have a Compaq R3240 running Ubuntu-64 Breezy. It all works > pretty well, although I had to create a 32-bit chroot and run Firefox, > Adobe Reader 7.0 and RealPlayer in it. Couldn't get those three > working right in 64-bit Ubuntu. > > So now that I have them all working fine, I'ld like to listen to > streaming internet radio stations via RealPlayer, but on my home > stereo, not the laptop. I have the laptop configured where the > speakers are turned off because I use it mostly at the university. It > wouldn't do to have Beethoven's 9th blasting in the library. And > besides, the laptop speakers are pretty sucky. > > So how can I connect the laptop to the input jacks in the home > stereo? I understand the stereo -- input jacks for phono and > auxiliary are empty -- but can the output from the laptop be plugged > into either one of these? And if so, how do I connect to the laptop? > > Thanks in advance! > --I feed the output of my laptop to a 23-year old Realistic stereo receiver/cassette recorder. I use the AUX input of that old boom box and the output of the laptop has more than enough umph. I recently bought a Labtech Note-502 headphone set; it came with an adapter which female "computer" connector on one end and a male classic stereo jack on the other end. I don't use that adapter yet, but I remember paying far less than $15 for the headset.
Ubuntu is not a biarch distro from what I understand, so that may explain why you need chroot to run 32-bit applications. I have this question for you: How about sound mixing? If, say, you are playing music on 64-bit amarok, would you be able to hear skype (32-bit application) ring and/or would you be able to hear the output of 32-bit flashplayer (invoked by Firefox)? Or would the output of amarok "monopolize" your sound card? BTW, you can listen to streaming internet radio stations via amarok, too. Amarok can connect to an i-pod from what it claims (I never tried it though). Regards, Gus Fantanas -- Running 64-bit Linux on AMD64 _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
