Re: iMac static
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 09:33:27PM -0800, cevans@fallen.eml.cc wrote:
> I've been trying to get sound on my iMac (slot loading DVD) with a Woody
> r1 install. I managed to get sound with esd in the default (2.2) kernel
> but I want to use the 2.4. When I use the 2.4 and add the dmasound_pmac
> module, I get mostly white noise from the speakers. esd will run still
I got this also from cdda2wav before I figured out that I had to specify
the source as little-endian (these are commercial CDs).
> and I can hear the effects although they're rather staticy(?). (I also
> get clicks and pitch changes that parallel display changes (i.e. clicking
> as text scrolls by like when you have a short in a PS2 mouse port). I was
I have heard that too.
> thinking that I might need to pass something to the module but I don't
> know what.
> I'm going to try to do this with ALSA while I wait for a reply, in the
> event I should fail the secretary...never mind.
> Thanks for the help.
> PS I've read that ext2 has problems with partitions over 6GB, how true is
> this and is it still true under ext3?
The only problem AFAIK it has is that fsck takes quite a long time
when starting up on large disks. I believe ext3's fsck is much faster
for large disks, and may not need to run as often.
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