Hi Derick, > Within XFCE there is an app accessible by going to the XFCE menu or by > right-clicking on a three-button mouse: Other --> Soundcard Detection. > [...]
It sounds pretty much like the standard system-config-soundcard. As I indicated sound works perfectly in my iBook G4. This is available from the command line or any GUI. Personally I use a minimal fvwm2 and run most things from the command line. The question I was asking was related to whether the original poster was using the correct module. With my 7600/200 the snd-powermac module is the correct module. With my iBook G4 and Powermac G5 it is snd-aoa (I have sound working perfectly on all three of these machines). If you look into the information on the kernel (for example using `make xconfig') you will find that snd-aoa is the appropriate module for later Powermacs and snd-powermac for earlier ones. At the time of my email I was unsure which of snd-powermac or snd-aoa was appropriate for a `digital audio' model, mostly because I did not know what that model name represented. Looking at Apple Spec did not list the sound chip. The notes in the kernel indicate what sound chip goes with which module. As I later indicated I finally found reporta that made it clear that the `digital audio' G4 model uses the 'tumbler' device. This is listed in the kernel notes as a device for which the snd-powermac module is appropriate. It would appear to be the last sound device for which that is the appropriate module. Later sound devices require snd-aoa. If you look you will find many bug reports in which people report that a kernel in which both snd-aoa and snd-powermac modules exist tends not to provide sound in later macs. What seems to happen is that the kernel insists on using snd-powermac rather than snd-aoa and no sound is generated. This was certainly my experience with the default kernels for ydl6.2 and with self-compiled kernels. For these later machines it is far more reliable if you compile the kernel without snd-powermac, then sound works reliably all the time. At the time of my first email I was not sure whether the original poster had a machine that should be using snd-aoa. In this case, as is well known, snd-powermac would prevent sound working. This would have explained why he was seeing the module being loaded, but not getting any sound. It turns out not to be the case as snd-powermac is appropriate for the `digital audio' machine. The problem with snd-aoa and snd-powermac not coexisting reliably appears to continue in kernels as late as 2.6.33 (I am using a version of this in my G5). > This report collects all elements for you regarding the sound device > you have installed. What is useful about it is that different sections > list the commands used to generate the data below it. This can be a > time saver when one is looking to resolve a problem. Personally I find it easier and quicker to use dmesg and related commands (such as those listed in the report) directly from the shell. -- Stephen Harker [email protected] PEMS u...@adfa _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'
