Re: sound problems with iBook2 Dual USB

2002-06-25 Thread Jesus Climent
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 10:08:20AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 21:36, Jesus Climent wrote: > > > > I have configured my Apple iBook2 dual-USB with BenH0 kernel (Linux > > debian 2.4.19-pre10-ben0 #2 Sat Jun 22 10:14:44 EEST 2002 ppc unknown) > > and the sound works a bit st

Re: sound problems with iBook2 Dual USB

2002-06-25 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 21:36, Jesus Climent wrote: > > I have configured my Apple iBook2 dual-USB with BenH0 kernel (Linux > debian 2.4.19-pre10-ben0 #2 Sat Jun 22 10:14:44 EEST 2002 ppc unknown) > and the sound works a bit strange. > > I can hear the output, but I cannot control the volume. If I

Re: sound problems with iBook2 Dual USB

2002-06-24 Thread Marc Menem
I have configured my Apple iBook2 dual-USB with BenH0 kernel (Linux debian 2.4.19-pre10-ben0 #2 Sat Jun 22 10:14:44 EEST 2002 ppc unknown) and the sound works a bit strange. I can hear the output, but I cannot control the volume. If I try it sound like those old amplifiers that scratch the vol

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-12 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Hmmm aumix does run on my TiBook, and I can change the volume; > > albeit it increases _a_lot_ with minimal slider movement. I didn't have > > the opportunity to test it further since for me xmms w/ cdread has never > > produced anything else than noise. > > It's probably a logarithmic volu

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>> Have you tried the main volume (there's an option about this in the xmms >> OSS output plugin preferences) and speakers mixers (in case you're using >> the internal speakers)? > >Well, considering he said that no mixer app will even start up, that gives >me the impression that mixer control isn'

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> >Yep. That's what I suspected. I suppose someone's gonna have to hack out a >driver for the Screamer's I2C control device on the PBG4 now too. >_Yikes_... as if DACA isn't enough of a pain (what with making the IDE bus >lock if you have the wrong timings!)... There's nothing like screamer I2C af

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Gregorio Gervasio Jr.
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 21:32:22 +0200 (CEST), Michel Lanners <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> said: [...] m> Hmmm aumix does run on my TiBook, and I can change the volume; m> albeit it increases _a_lot_ with minimal slider movement. I didn't have m> the opportunity to test it further since for m

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Derrik Pates
On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Michel Lanners wrote: > Hmmm aumix does run on my TiBook, and I can change the volume; > albeit it increases _a_lot_ with minimal slider movement. I didn't have > the opportunity to test it further since for me xmms w/ cdread has never > produced anything else than noise.

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Michel Lanners
On 11 Oct, this message from Derrik Pates echoed through cyberspace: > On 11 Oct 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote: > >> Have you tried the main volume (there's an option about this in the xmms >> OSS output plugin preferences) and speakers mixers (in case you're using >> the internal speakers)? > > Wel

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread John Goerzen
Derrik Pates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > KMix doesn't depend on aRts working. If it won't work, it's because it's > having problems talking to the mixer device. aumix starting, otoh, may or > may not be a good sign. Maybe install 'aumix-gtk' instead, so you have a > GUI available, and see if you

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread John Goerzen
Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > aumix does start up but it doesn't work for me. However, that could > > just be due to my own incompetance wrt not knowing what to set or how > > to drive aumix. > > Tried to help you there... 'Vol' is the headphone out, 'Spkr' is the > speakers, the

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2001-10-11 at 17:48, Derrik Pates wrote: > On 11 Oct 2001, John Goerzen wrote: > > > Ick. Wave good-bye to all the non-esound/arts stuff out there, I > > guess. > > Yeah, that was what I thought. But reendianizing samples isn't hard to do, > and I guess the OSS API standard specifically

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2001-10-11 at 21:14, John Goerzen wrote: > Derrik Pates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 11 Oct 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > Have you tried the main volume (there's an option about this in the xmms > > > OSS output plugin preferences) and speakers mixers (in case you're using

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Derrik Pates
On 11 Oct 2001, John Goerzen wrote: > I said that xmix wouldn't start up and that the kde mixer stuff is > useless because of arts not working. aumix does start up but it > doesn't work for me. However, that could just be due to my own > incompetance wrt not knowing what to set or how to drive a

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread John Goerzen
Derrik Pates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, considering he said that no mixer app will even start up, that gives I should also add that the reason xmix won't start is related to X or shared libaries, not the audio system. -- John > me the impression that mixer control isn't working on Scre

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread John Goerzen
Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2001-10-11 at 19:46, John Goerzen wrote: > > > > An update -- xmms works fine on my tibook, with one exception. It's > > volume control has zero effect. This might confirm my earlier > > thoughts about that. Unfortunately, arts doesn't work s

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Wilhelm *Rafial* Fitzpatrick
On 11 Oct 2001, John Goerzen wrote: An update -- xmms works fine on my tibook, with one exception. It's > volume control has zero effect. I don't know if this will be of use to anyone, but gmix works fine on my tibook (and has for many months) using benh kernels. The speaker slider cont

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread John Goerzen
Derrik Pates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 11 Oct 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > Have you tried the main volume (there's an option about this in the xmms > > OSS output plugin preferences) and speakers mixers (in case you're using > > the internal speakers)? > > Well, considering he said th

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Derrik Pates
On 11 Oct 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Have you tried the main volume (there's an option about this in the xmms > OSS output plugin preferences) and speakers mixers (in case you're using > the internal speakers)? Well, considering he said that no mixer app will even start up, that gives me the im

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2001-10-11 at 19:46, John Goerzen wrote: > > An update -- xmms works fine on my tibook, with one exception. It's > volume control has zero effect. This might confirm my earlier > thoughts about that. Unfortunately, arts doesn't work so my usual > mixer software won't work, xmix doesn't

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread John Goerzen
Derrik Pates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 11 Oct 2001, John Goerzen wrote: > > > Keywest device found: /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > i2c-core.o: adapter keywest i2c registered as adapter 0. > > Keywest device found: /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > i2c-cor

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Derrik Pates
On 11 Oct 2001, John Goerzen wrote: > Keywest device found: /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > i2c-core.o: adapter keywest i2c registered as adapter 0. > Keywest device found: /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > i2c-core.o: adapter keywest i2c registered as adapter 1. Yep

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread John Goerzen
Derrik Pates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yay. I'm sure it's ALSO using an I2C-based mixer control arrangement, > which is, I'm sure, different from Texas/Tumbler (iBook2) and DACA > (iBook). Can you enable the i2c-keywest driver under the I2C configuration > options, and let me know how many I2C

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Derrik Pates
On 11 Oct 2001, John Goerzen wrote: > An update -- xmms works fine on my tibook, with one exception. It's > volume control has zero effect. This might confirm my earlier > thoughts about that. Unfortunately, arts doesn't work so my usual > mixer software won't work, xmix doesn't even excute on

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread John Goerzen
Derrik Pates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: An update -- xmms works fine on my tibook, with one exception. It's volume control has zero effect. This might confirm my earlier thoughts about that. Unfortunately, arts doesn't work so my usual mixer software won't work, xmix doesn't even excute on ppc

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread John Goerzen
Derrik Pates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > allowed. The plan is eventually to remove all the sample-conversion code, > and only allow the sample formats that the hardware knows, expecting > userspace to do the conversion work. Ick. Wave good-bye to all the non-esound/arts stuff out there, I gues

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Derrik Pates
On 11 Oct 2001, John Goerzen wrote: > Ick. Wave good-bye to all the non-esound/arts stuff out there, I > guess. Yeah, that was what I thought. But reendianizing samples isn't hard to do, and I guess the OSS API standard specifically makes allowance for the driver asking for a different format if

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread John Goerzen
Derrik Pates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I haven't tried VLC on anything, so I don't know about this. The > developers of VideoLan, however, probably aren't making their client obey > the driver's request for big-endian samples instead of little-endian > samples. It seems that very few programs

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-11 Thread Derrik Pates
On 11 Oct 2001, John Goerzen wrote: > It seems that very few programs do. Perhaps it would be easier to > make the kernel driver accept little-endian samples, do the conversion > itself, and post those to the driver thanto go on a hunt for all the > poorly-written software out there? Hahahah...

Re: Sound problems

2001-10-10 Thread Derrik Pates
On 10 Oct 2001, John Goerzen wrote: > I've got a tibook G4 running sid and benh's latest kernels. I've > loaded the dmasound_pmac module and it seems to be OK. However I have > lots of troubles making it work. For instance, when KDE starts, it > complains: > > Sound server fatal error: > Error

Re: sound problems with G3 powerbook

2000-05-02 Thread sam
> I tried several mixer programs, and the only one that seemed to work was > kmix. Unfortunately, that uses non-free qt. If nothing else works, you > could make a small program that issues a mixer ioctl to turn up the volume. Try aumix. On my Wallstreet Powerbook G3, There were two different sou

Re: sound problems with G3 powerbook

2000-05-02 Thread David Brown
On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 11:09:26AM +1200, Stephen Judd wrote: > I've got a /dev/audio, and a /dev/dsp. I tried to cat a .au file to > /dev/audio, but nothing happens. I haven't had good luck with cat. xmms works well, though. So does mpg123. > Looking at the gnome mixer, all the volume levels