[linux-audio-user] MDK sound-RPMs troubles / Sound in Slackware?

Jan "Evil Twin" Depner eviltwin69 at cableone.net
Tue Apr 1 17:45:00 EST 2003


Sort of OT but, I hope you're not using ext3 for your audio data disk. 
If so check this out -
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/Arcana.html.  Specifically, Mark
Knecht's info on filesystem tests.

Jan


On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 16:08, rob fell wrote:
> 
> I'd have to agree.
> 
> I spent some weeks getting a fresh gentoo partition running, getting ardour 
> working, only to get stopped dead in my tracks with a (not yet proven) kernel 
> bug in ext3 code.
> 
> I threw my hands in the air with disgust and had RH8 + planet going in 8 hours 
> (incl burning/verifying the ISOs) having never tried that route before 
> (thanks Fernando). I'm not a dummy, but I can read the instructions (Fernando 
> - may I suggest a link to an rpm repair page: I remember why I ditched 
> MDK/RH).
> 
> Tonight I captured 3 hours of rehearsal direct to disk. No glitches. Zero to 
> un-coordinated hero in a day....
> 
> R
> 
> > [a little bit late on this thread...]
> >
> > > Red Hat is okay as a server distro but they just don't seem to understand
> > > the desktop and unless you're a power user who knows enough to install
> > > apt-rpm, you're stuck in dependency hell.
> >
> > Hmmm, maybe not yet for "absolute beginners" but you don't need to be a
> > "power user" either. Surf to:
> >   http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/
> > Follow the directions and get apt installed (no dependency hell), a
> > lowlat kernel, alsa and a bunch of audio/video apps.
> >
> > -- Fernando
> 





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