14 Jun
2005
14 Jun
'05
12:58 p.m.
it would be great to counter the jwz diatribe with a
mass
of 'well, sound works just fine for me' posts from those
who do have, and use daily, a working audio sub-system
under linux..
We aren't there - not yet.
[...]
i'm sure there are LAD'ers whose systems are
superlative
examples of well-oiled, finely maintained, working audio
workstations. what are your configs? what distro are you
using? what do you do to get it going?
Still it's a bit difficult to set up a pro audio system
because it needs kernel patching and various configuration
work.
As for the kernel patches we're optimistic to get a realtime
patch in the vanilla kernel sooner or later.
As for the configuration work we could need a replacement for
alsaconf (which has done a great job in the past) called
audioconf to configure cards, realtime patches and creating a
JACK configuration file.
maybe the fact is: linux audio is in far better state
than
most people think,
It is.
its just that hardly enough of the right
kinds of people know about it.
I know about it, that's enough for me :) .
my latest distro-de-jour is MEPIS. it gives me a
boot-up
chime on my DELL Inspiron 8200, whose sound-card 'just
works', tho' i have to be sure not to have any MIDI
interfaces or USB Audio gear plugged in until after KDE
gets loaded, or things get numbered incorrectly and it
moans about not knowing where its audio device is any more.
I also use the i82k. As for the USB card numbering, you can
index your card. What's missing is auto-configuration to
avoid manual work for common users, or at least a
configuration help for unexperienced users, may it be CLI or
GUI. You're invited to contribute ;-) .
as i've only really been very peripherally
involved in LAD
development (lurk), i'd be quite happy to volunteer to
collate all the successes and come up with a summary of
'what works well' to pimp around the neighborhood.
If I were you I'd cancel this offer. Otherwise we'll meet
again in five years and you will not be finished yet ;-) .
Frankly, save your time and better help us improving linux
audio if you like. We have addressed several weak points in
this thread, so there are many good starting points.
Otherwise, all the characters of this thread have been temps
perdu.
[...]
so, the question i have is: what are the shining
examples
of audio setups in linux which work well? might it be
something we can make a list out of, and pimp far and wide?
who has some interesting "Known Working Config" details to
provide a counter-example to the jwz mess?
* Take a Distro (I use Gentoo and I'm just happy with it)
* Stop all desktop soundservers
* Start JACK
* Start [Rosegarden|Hydrogen|ams|Zyn|Ardour|any other fun toy]
* Enjoy
Best regards
ce