* Charles Plessy [090615 08:08 +0900] > Le Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 03:03:40PM -0400, Rick Thomas a écrit : > >> > >> Fresh-out-of-the-box install of Sid on a PowerMac G4 has no sound > >> and /etc/init.d/alsa-utils gives a flood of error messages. > >> > >> The fix is to put "snd-powermac" into /etc/modules so that module > >> is loaded at boot time. That gives sound and also fixes the > >> error messages. > >> > >> For some reason, the snd-powermac module isn't recognized by whatever > >> software is supposed to handle such things as being necessary on the > >> G4 PowerMac machines. > > Dear all, > > the snd-powermac module was freezing G5s on fresh installs long time ago, and > was disabled for this reason. But in a test I made one year ago, it was not > the > case anymore. There is probably no reason to keep it blacklisted by default, > although it may be useful to double-check its innocuity before.
At the moment I can't verify which package blacklists snd-powermac? Elimar -- Planung: Ersatz des Zufalls durch den Irrtum. -unknown- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org