Just want to thank this list; been lurking here a while and picked up
lots of useful info. Sound now works. The debian-user list is also
great.
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 01:25:57PM +1100, Conrad Parker wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 09:53:17AM +1100, Jonathan Wheelhouse wrote:
> >
> > I have a Debian Woody system running on a asus k7v motherboard with an
> > Athlon 700 cpu. I have a SB Live! value card.
> > ...
> >
> > So, my questions: what is the procedure for loading modules into the
> > kernel? Is there some good resource somebody could point me at for
> > learning about modules in general for a Linux|Debian newbie?
>
> General module info:
> Documentation/modules.txt in the Linux kernel source
> (/usr/src/kernel-source-*/Documentation/modules.txt in debian)
> man modprobe (also insmod, rmmod, lsmod etc)
Thanks for the info; did some reading but didn't end up using modules.
>
> Debian specific info (Debian manages modules.conf for you):
> /usr/share/doc/modutils/*
>
> > What is the best driver for the SBLive? - the kernel driver, the
> > emu10k1 or alsa? or does it depend on what you do? I just want to
> > play CD's, listen to MP3's and play games.
>
> dunno, sorry (but I wish I had one ;)
>
> more info is at:
> http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/quality/#bad_digi
Nasty! Says my sblive isn't a good card. Never mind, it sounds alright
to me.
>
> > And, in compiling the kernel what process family should I pick for my
> > Athlon? 386, 486, 586, Pentium? (I know 386 works for everything?)
>
> IIRC newer kernels (later 2.3.x and 2.4) have a specific Athlon option.
> There's more Athlon info over at http://www.linhardware.com/
Well, in the end I compiled kernel-source-2.2.17 with
kernel-patch-2.2.17-ide. Since the emu10k1 driver was right there I
included it. So, like I said before - no modules. And now, the kernel
loads quicker (I left out drivers for devices I don't have.) and I'm
listening to ABBA (yeah, don't laugh). So, it was relatively painless
using that make-kpkg.
>
> > Plus I have a IBM Deskstar 75gxp which is udma66; how can I tell how
> > fast it's going; are there kernel options I can set to improve speed
> > (not that I'm complaining - seems fine to me; just that I'm curious).
>
> use hdparm: read about it at
> http://www.moisty.org/~brion/linux/Ultra-DMA-8.html#ss8.1
>
> (Part of the Linux Ultra-DMA mini-howto, probably also in your
> /usr/doc directory)
> http://www.moisty.org/~brion/linux/Ultra-DMA.html
hdparm is great; after doing a bit of tweaking buffered disk reads
went from about 9 MB/sec to 34 MB/sec.
Thanks once again.
Jonathan
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