Re: 2.6.x kernel for Sparc?
Has anyone had any luck with Sound under 2.6.x on an Ultra2?
On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 09:49, Admar Schoonen wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 06:00:38PM +1000, Jim Watson wrote:
> > I run a 2.6.5 on sunblade 100, I built it from kernel.org sources with Ben
> > Collin's patch here:
> >
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/debian-sparc-200402/msg00013.html
> >
> > but i have not figured out how to get sounds yet...
> I too run 2.6.5 on a Sun Blade 100, built from kernel.org sources with
> Ben Collin's patch. I do have sound, but not in all apps. Sound does
> work with mpg321 and aumix if you compile the ali5451 module and use
> alsa (I don't have OSS, just oss emulation).
>
> Any other application with alsa-oss-emulation besides mpg321 and aumix
> produces a terrible amount of noise, and any application that tries to
> use alsa native, complains that it can't open the device.
>
> It could be that the native alsa issue is a 64bit issue that should be
> resolved by loading the snd-ioctl32 module, however, doing that and then
> opening a native alsa device freezes my machine. (The snd-ioctl32 module
> is also needed on AMD64 machines, see also the thread at
> http://www.x86-64.org/lists/discuss/msg03978.html )
>
> Also, dual head with 2 pgx24 (1 onboard, 1 extra card) with 2.6.5
> doesn't work (second console stays black when moving consoles, X
> complains that it can't initialize the second screen). Dual head with
> 2.4.25 works very well though.
>
> Admar
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