Re: [LAU] How well do thinkpad notebooks work for audio?

I have been using thinkpads since 1999. Back then I bought a i1410 and it is still working! I could not get it to work with audio reliably back then, it seems that the audio card (some Yamaha varian) was not supporting full duplex in 44.1 kHz (but in 2205 it did, IIRC). The computer seems unbreakable. Anyways, for the past 4 or so years I have been running on a R60e (in the meantime I broke some T series thinkpad but it was my fault). I will list the R60e specs below. I use it mostly for live performance. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:27 PM, <hollunder(a)gmx.at> wrote: $ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 391824 3717 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 4799 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 8: 1 61 IO-APIC-edge rtc0 9: 492 76 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 12: 51 146 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 20706 80 IO-APIC-edge ata_piix 15: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge ata_piix 16: 34071 65 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb1, yenta, hdsp, i915@pci:0000:00:02.0 17: 2356 118 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb2, HDA Intel 18: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb3 19: 0 2 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4, ehci_hcd:usb5 217: 0 2 PCI-MSI-edge eth0 218: 51717 0 PCI-MSI-edge iwl3945 219: 36643 3774 PCI-MSI-edge ahci NMI: 0 0 Non-maskable interrupts LOC: 96680 321375 Local timer interrupts RES: 42713 82885 Rescheduling interrupts CAL: 205 43250 function call interrupts TLB: 288 790 TLB shootdowns SPU: 0 0 Spurious interrupts ERR: 0 MIS: 0 $ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 21) 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02) 15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller 16:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: Xilinx Corporation RME Hammerfall DSP (rev 0b) $ lsusb Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0461:4d10 Primax Electronics, Ltd Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub