On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 01:37:18AM -0500, Oleg wrote: > On Monday 25 November 2002 10:47 pm, Jeremy Petzold wrote: > > casue I screwed up....it is ACPI not APCI. > > > > get the vanilla kernel. get the ACPI patch, and from the top level kernel > > source directory, if the patch file is zipped do a: > > > > zcat <patch location and name> | patch -p0 > > > > if it is not zipped do a: > > > > cat <patch location and name> |patch -p0 > > Yes, thanks. I finally got it to work using vanilla 2..4.19, acpi patch and > the developement release alsa drivers from their web site. > > I think my problem all along was that I didn't modprobe snd-pcm-oss (sound > and snd-pcm are not enough) > > Now it works, but the sound isn't as loud as under Windows XP (even at > maximum "vol" and "pcm" settings using aumix), and it gets distorted when > "vol" setting is higher than ~ 50% [1] > > I will be investigating this issue in next few days and perhaps pester this > list some more. For now, I'd like to thank everyone who replied for their > help! > > Oleg > > [1] I don't really understand why there are two independent volume controls > in aumix: "vol" is referred to as the main volume control, and "pcm" is > connected to the xmms volume control.
Vol is the main, overarching control. It will affect all noise coming through the mixer (eg MIDI, auxiliary and microphone output) PCM is for sounds coming thought the snd-pcm (and snd-pcm-oss by extension) modules, ie though /dev/dsp*. In windows it would be labelled 'Wave'. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, MCSE 5th year CompSci/Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course Pacman didn't influence us as kids. If it did, we'd be running around in darkened rooms, popping pills and listening to repetitive music. This email is licensed to the recipient for non-commercial use, duplication and distribution. -----------------------------------------------------------
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