Subject: Re: iceBook CD audio, system config, etc.
From: Charlie Watts (cewatts@frontier.net)
Date: Wed Nov 14 2001 - 23:20:17 MST
On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Romain Kang wrote:
> First, I'd like to get CD audio working. xmms plus the xmms-cdread
> plugin reads data fine from /dev/hdb, and even pulls the right info
> from a CDDB server. However, the audio seems to have an endian
> problem. I can't find any adjustments via xmms itself to fix this.
> Also, I'd like to figure out how to get it to use freedb.org, since
> I've fed a lot of track listings to them over the years. Before I
> look up the source for xmms-cdread, does anyone have a quick answer?
Which output module are you using? I've had the best luck with the eSound
output module ... the OSS output module gives that apparent
signed/unsigned noise, sometimes. And aRTS just doesn't work (known
problem on PPC).
You configure cddb usage under the XMMS menu, options, preferences.
On the "Audio I/O Plugins" tab, choose the cdread plugin, and hit
configure.
> Second, I'd like to recompile the kernel, but I can't figure out which
> config was used to build the 2.4.10 that came on the CD's. In
> particular, I want ide-scsi and sg modules so that I can use cdrecord.
> What config should I start with?
Dunno, I've never used the RPM's for building my kerneles. I'd imagine
that the config is installed when you install the kernel-source for that
kernel version.
> Third, is there a trackpad setting I should use? If I rest my
> index finger on the pad, the mouse cursor rapidly oscillates within
> a 1 cm radius of some middle point. Most of the time I'm using
> a Logitech Marble Mouse, so this hasn't been too severe a problem.
> Would I regret turning on Emulate3Buttons? This tends to disable
> scroll wheels, but I'm not using one at the moment. I've yet to
> start figuring out a set of keyboard mappings that work for me.
As was already mentioned - this is most likely a PMUD problem.
Here's an RPM that incorporates the mentioned patch, no other changes.
This fixes it up for me:
http://www.frontier.net/~cewatts/pmud-0.7.1b-4.ppc.rpm
> On the plus side, I'd forgotten how quick a 500 MHz machine
> really is when you don't have to run Aqua...
Isn't it great? I really love this thing.
-- Charlie Watts cewatts@frontier.net Frontier Internet, Inc. http://www.frontier.net/
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