[PlanetCCRMA] new laptop... new kernel... new distro...

[Ryan G.]

Well it's been a long road but things seem to be churning along.

Today I attempted to set up my audio devices.  The built in intel audio
chip worked like a charm right out of the box.  Also using the
sourceforge midisport project (should check it out Fernando, good to
include in the planet) my oxygen8 works like a champ.

The emagic emi 2|6 is another story.  I managed to get my modules.conf
set up for two snd-usb-audio devices but... though the emagic makes
sound it exhibits a strange behavior where it kind of "motor-boats",
there's this persistent and measured clicking mixed in with the audio
signal.  I've only used in under jackd so I'm not sure if it's jack or
alsa (that'll be tomorrow).  And I've also only listened through the
headphone out so I've got a lot of investigating to do.

I know the emagic worked great on my pIII 550 desktop.  I think I can
get things rolling with the lappy (my only fear is that apci and usb
interrupts are at the heart of things and since the dell has a VERY
limited bios... oh well best not to dwell on these things).

I'll be building packages for severn and rebuilding the kernel soon...
you all will know how that's going from my frequent posts/pleas for
help.

Well, I'm off to nurse my poor sick sweetheart.

night all,
-ry

--- Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:
> Ryan, you did better with your Dell than I did with my IBM Thinkpad!
> <grin>
> 
> I'm having pcmcia issues with just one of three cards being
> recognized.
> Unfortunately, it's not the hdsp, either. They all worked under
> Severn1.
> 
> Ryan G. writes:
> > From: "Ryan G." <ryanpg@yahoo.com>
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I found a creative new way to torment myself.  I decided to install
> > fedora on my new dell inspiron 5100 along with the planet.  (I LOVE
> > being an early adopter... guess that makes me a masochist).
> > 
> > Things actually worked out quite well.  All the (few) planet
> packages
> > I've tried install and work fine EXCEPT ardour which just pukes and
> > dies instantly (though oddly it worked ONCE and only once).
> > 
> > Four issues remaining to be fixed;
> > 
> > -modem driver (the source is available I guess but I've had no luck
> > getting the winmodem to work)
> > 
> > -sometimes init hangs when initializing firewire, sometimes it
> works
> > fine
> > 
> > -apci power management stuff things look good when booting but
> somehow
> > things don't work as they should (I've read that I'll need to apply
> a
> > dsdt.dat kernel patch using the Intel iasl compiler which      can
> be
> > downloaded from
> > http://www.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi/downloads.htm) I'll need
> to
> > recompile the kernel too :-(
> > 
> > -UGLY font rendering... gonna try to compile freetype with
> bytehinting
> > support to try and clear things up (any hints getting antialiasing
> to
> > look good on a laptop appreciated)
> > 
> > So anyway preliminary testing under Fedora on a laptop look good.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks Nando,
> > you rock.
> > -ry
> > 
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> 	
> Janina Sajka
> Email: janina@rednote.net		
> Phone: (202) 408-8175
> 
> Director, Technology Research and Development
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
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> 
> Chair, Accessibility Working Group
> Free Standards Group
> http://accessibility.freestandards.org


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