Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Audio installation
Hello Matthew On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 07:32:17AM +, Matthew Polashek wrote: I'm interested in making my Powerbook G4 1.5 17 a dual boot Gentoo Which model exactly? Also, I'd like to use a kernel with the Ingo Molnar realtime preemption patch. I don't know that specific patch, but preemption on PowerPC isn't what you actually want. It causes programs to crash because of a corrupted cache. It used to work when one enabled SMP, but I'm not sure wether this is still the case. Greets, Michael -- Gentoo Linux developer, http://hansmi.ch/, http://forkbomb.ch/ In most countries selling harmful things like drugs is punishable. Then howcome people can sell Microsoft software and go unpunished? (By [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hasse Skrifvars) pgpKZkq1W5cZQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Audio installation
Hi! I've got the Powerbook 17 G4 1.5 Ghz model. I think apple only one with that monitor size and processor speed. I got the Video upgrade to 128 and upgraded the hard drive to 5400 rpm. Crappy. Is there a way to run audio apps safely on a PPC processor using Linux? There must be a way to do this, right? I'm hoping to avoid going old school like I did 4 years ago when I compiled the patches into my redhat 8 kernel on i386. I think it's easier with Gentoo to do that kind of work, but I need to find a good resource for this. Suggestions? Anyway, what would you suggest I do to get stable audio on a PPC? Thanks! Matt Matthew Polashek [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tinysongs.com On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 20:55 , Michael Hanselmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Hello Matthew On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 07:32:17AM +, Matthew Polashek wrote: I'm interested in making my Powerbook G4 1.5 17 a dual boot Gentoo Which model exactly? Also, I'd like to use a kernel with the Ingo Molnar realtime preemption patch. I don't know that specific patch, but preemption on PowerPC isn't what you actually want. It causes programs to crash because of a corrupted cache. It used to work when one enabled SMP, but I'm not sure wether this is still the case. Greets, Michael -- Gentoo Linux developer, http://hansmi.ch/, http://forkbomb.ch/ In most countries selling harmful things like drugs is punishable. Then howcome people can sell Microsoft software and go unpunished? (By [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hasse Skrifvars) -- gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Audio installation
Hello Matthew On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 12:02:19PM +, Matthew Polashek wrote: I've got the Powerbook 17 G4 1.5 Ghz model. I think apple only one with that monitor size and processor speed. Maybe, maybe not. It's not what I asked for. Read the output of grep machine /proc/cpuinfo. There you'll find something like PowerBook7,2 (the numbers are the important ones). I'm asking because on some models the sound is not yet supported. But there's a driver in development (snd-aoa, [1]). Is there a way to run audio apps safely on a PPC processor using Linux? I'm sure there is. You have always the source code at hand and can modify it to make it better. Anyway, what would you suggest I do to get stable audio on a PPC? Unfortunately, I don't have much expierience with professional audio on any platform. Sound output works on my G5 and one of my PowerBooks while another one doesn't have its sound chip supported yet (but will with snd-aoa). Digital output is said not to work for now, but it's planned to be included in snd-aoa once they figure it out. Oh, and please learn how to quote. First and last warning from me. Greets, Michael [1] http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/snd-aoa.git/ -- Gentoo Linux developer, http://hansmi.ch/, http://forkbomb.ch/ Unix weanies are as bad at this as anyone. -- Larry Wall in [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpp4BCagAQ6r.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Audio installation
Hello Matthew On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 12:02:19PM +, Matthew Polashek wrote: I've got the Powerbook 17 G4 1.5 Ghz model. I think apple only one with that monitor size and processor speed. Maybe, maybe not. It's not what I asked for. Read the output of grep machine /proc/cpuinfo. There you'll find something like PowerBook7,2 (the numbers are the important ones). I'm asking because on some models the sound is not yet supported. But there's a driver in development (snd-aoa, [1]). Cool. I'll check it out. Is there a way to run audio apps safely on a PPC processor using Linux? I'm sure there is. You have always the source code at hand and can modify it to make it better. Okay. Anyway, what would you suggest I do to get stable audio on a PPC? Unfortunately, I don't have much expierience with professional audio on any platform. Sound output works on my G5 and one of my PowerBooks while another one doesn't have its sound chip supported yet (but will with snd-aoa). Digital output is said not to work for now, but it's planned to be included in snd-aoa once they figure it out. I guess that would explain the sound driver error when I run the boot CD. Oh, and please learn how to quote. First and last warning from me. I assume you mean you prefer nested quotes. Is that correct? Matt Greets, Michael [1] http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/snd-aoa.git/ -- Gentoo Linux developer, http://hansmi.ch/, http://forkbomb.ch/ Unix weanies are as bad at this as anyone. -- Larry Wall in [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org mailing list
