Re: Audio output for PowerMac G5
On Mar 6, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> wrote:
> On 06/03/16 05:43, Rick Thomas wrote:
>> 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
> Hi Rick
>
> I don't know if anyone's answered this for you but the 4.5.0-rc2 kernel is here:
> https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8pqd5Ots1vfT2puX09CYjEwcFk&usp=drive_web
>
> Regards
>
> Clive
Thanks, Clive! That did the trick. The "gravelly" sound I was getting turned out to be a problem with the mpg321 player. When I switched to alsaplayer instead, the sound was clear and clean... Probably some kind of bigendian trouble with mpg321.
Enjoy!
Rick
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