Re: [aclug-L] "Let there be sound"

["Jesse Kaufman" <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

kewl...thanks!  and this is supposed to support my AudioPCI PnP card?  sure
freakin' hope so!!!  i'm goin' insane w/o my mp3z!!!  oh...is there a way i
can read my cd's (burned in win9x) so that they display long file names?  it
gets confusing when i've got a buttload of songs called benfol~1.mp3!!!


-----Original Message-----
From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx <aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [aclug-L] "Let there be sound"


>"Jesse Kaufman" <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> ok, so how do i go about obtaining these "bleeding-edge" kernels, and how
do
>> i go about upgrading my existing one to 2.1.x?  also, is there anyway i
can
>
>You can find them on ftp.kernel.org.  The directory, I believe, is
>/pub/linux/kernel/v2.1 and the file is linux-2.1.120.tar.gz (or
>whatever is latest).
>
>Download, untar, and then read
>http://www.aclug.org/info/kernelcompile.html for general kernel
>compilation info.
>
>> just apply some sort of patch that will let me be able to only upgrade
the
>> sound parts of the kernel?  i tried the latest version of OSS/Free, but
that
>
>No, you must upgrade the entire thing because various interfaces
>inside the kernel have changed.
>
>> still doesn't support PnP cards such as mine.  heck, if all else fails,
i've
>> got a friend willing to trade me straight-up for his card (Ensoniq
>> SoundScape non-PnP), but that'd only be for the school year, so i dno't
have
>> to f- w/ this card when i *should* be doing homework! : ^ )  ...  anyway,
>
>hehe
>
>> let me know what you've found out about some of the 2.1.x kernels (as far
as
>> stability), and which version you suggest...  also, when is 2.2.x coming
>
>I've found 2.1.115 to be quite stable.  Rumor has is that 2.1.119 is
>not, and that 2.1.120 is supposed to fix the problems, but I don't
>know if it has.
>
>> out?  sometimes, i like to live dangerously...  but not always w/ my
os...
>
>Yes.
>
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