Re: Audio output for PowerMac G5

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>]

On Mar 5, 2016, at 8:20 PM, peperoland@yahoo.com wrote:

> Hi Rick,
> 
> I'm in the same boat with a powerbook G4; no sound cards found.
> 
> I found this a couple of weeks ago but I haven't give it a try yet.
> 
> http://ppcluddite.blogspot.mx/2015/08/debian-kernel-with-sound-fix.html?m=1
> 
> I'm a musician so I might give it a try this week too.
> 
> 
> Regards
> Jose.

Thanks for the pointer, Jose.

Unfortunately, this is a "powerpc" kernel, not "powerpc64" kernel.  The G5 needs the 64-bit version.  But it might well work for you on your G4, which is 32-bit.

As a musician, you might be interested in Hanno's sonic-pi software, which is what got me started down this road.

Good luck! And let us know what you find out.

Rick