On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 15:59 +1100, Bill Bennett wrote: > My laptop (IBM Thinkpad 600e/ > Fedora core 2) cannot, despite repeated > attempts by people with more---alright, *much* > more---Linux knowledge than me, activate the soundcard. >
> > Presumably I'll have to buy something that either (a) > fits the pcmcia slot or something external. > > Has anyone any experience/suggestions as to what might > fit the situation, please? I have been using external USB devices for may laptop with reasonable success - enough to get Ardour (a great multi-track recorder of the Pro-Tools/Cubase ilk) usable; a Roland UA-5 (consumer targeted, cheap - a couple of hundred dollars I'd guess) and an Apogee MiniMe (pro targeted, expensive - several thousand). Both use ALSA's USB-audio driver. USB audio devices tend to use an odd audio format that Jack (sound server) doesn't like, but there is a kludgy work around for this. Conclusion - USB not ideal for audio, but works well enough for everyday use. Have used a PCMCIA device under MacOS9 on the same laptop and it was fine; if not a bit fragile from the cable break-out point. I'll find out its name on Monday. Denis -- Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University, NSW 2109 +61 2 9850 6787, +61 2 9850 6593 (fax) http://www.dcms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
