[SunRescue] Fwd: Re: which driver do I need in the kernel forsound in a sparc LX?

[Mike Hebel]

Debian 2.2 SPARC (www.cheapbytes.com) worked fine out of the box for me
except for one thing - I couldn't control the output selection.  When it
plays, it plays out ALL outputs at once. :-(

As for players I agree that mpg123 seems to be the only one that works -
albeit at 8khz on my LX but since it's going in a noisy car environment
that's really not an issue.  As for mixers aumix works but I wish I could
get mixerctl to work - it seem to have just a little more options.

I've heard that the kernel updates will solve the first one for me - I think
I'll try those a little later after getting the rest of the stuff working.
(Hey, I can always clip the internal speaker wire or put it on a switch.)

Getting mixerctl working will be a little out of my league as yet - I can
only hope someone ports it to work with DBRI under Debian SPARC.

Mike Hebel

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
>>Behalf Of Matthew Haas
>>Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 7:22 PM
>>To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>>Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Fwd: Re: which driver do I need in the kernel
>>forsound in a sparc LX?
>>
>>
>>On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Dave Reader wrote:
>>>
>>> I can confirm that debian works.. howver ei've not got far with
>>this yet..
>>>
>>
>>My LX has Debian/SPARC on it as well and I too have sound (mainly MP3s).
>>
>>> You can persuade mpg123 from debian potato to compile with some minor
>>> changes - and it plays fine - but i've not yet figured out how
>>to control
>>> the audio.
>>>
>>
>>Believe it or not, my system is not Debian Potato but Slink... I've
>>updated the kernel (and the kernel alone) to 2.2.14 (had sound since I
>>started playing with it at 2.2.12). I use mpg123 for MP3s, and I also had
>>to tweak the source to get it to compile (the buffering -b option does not
>>work).
>>
>>To control the audio-- I can ajust the volume using a program called aumix
>>that I also had to compile myself. (Actually Linux/SPARC kernel developer
>>Dave M. pointed me towards it).
>>
>>> unfortunately i accidentally deleted my patches for the debian source -
>>> but i will recreate them at some point, so if you need them let
>>me know..
>>>
>>
>>Debian source? As in the kernel source or mpg123 source? I just used the
>>stock Linux kernel... no debian anything.
>>
>>> does anyone use any different players/tools? - all of those
>>which i tried
>>> failed except for mpg123..
>>>
>>
>>All I've had luck with are mpg123 for a player and aumix for volume
>>control. MIDI isn't there along with a lot of other functions.
>>
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