Thanks for the responses :) > In this case you do want the patch, as far as my experience goes. Make > sure you are on firmware revision 65. You'll have to figure out how to > get it applied to the Alsa source code tree that Fernando supplies > though. That's beyond me. > > You'll also want the hdspmixer rev 1.3 that Thomas was speaking of. *nod* > I think that this card will not, unfortunately, work with the current > Planet CCRMA Alsa rpm. It doesn't have anything to do with the > instructions. It's just that Alsa doesn't have all the stuff you need > yet. ah HA! I thought I might be mistaken about that. the instructions are quite thorough, I thought. > I'm sure that's disappointing. All I can offer is that I waited 5 months > to get it working, and switched this box to Gentoo to make building from > source more accessible for me. The Planet flow doesn't really work that > way, unless you can build your own RPMs, or unless Kevin's RPM will work > for you and not upset Fernando's flow. > > I'm sure Fernando will get you something pretty soon. Not THAT disappointing, as I want to learn as much as I can, as well. So any time something goes right, I love it because I can move forward, and anytime it doesn't, I love it because I'm trying to learn. In fact I'm thinking of working this project into a new degree program. :) I'll go forward, and try and get it humming. Fernando will probably beat me to the punch *laugh* I'm not averse to anything, even writing code. Writing code will be a HUGE stretch, as I haven't programmed anything since first year CS courses in - jeeze '95 or something. :) That said, I don't want it to be a hack job :) > > there is a drivers CD included with the card - it has a linux directory, but > > they appear to be OSS drivers - I was planning to avoid them, since my whole > Yes, avoid them. Stick with firmware rev 65, Alsa 0.9.6 + patch & > hdspmixer rev 1.3 or higher. ahh finally something I'm understanding correctly :) > > You can skip hdspmixer if you're up for running a few aconnect commands. > That will work too. I plan on writing some simple scripts when I figure out all the various command line commands I'll need. :) Thanks! I'll be back with more tommorrow, I'm sure. :)
