James Turinsky wrote :
> Hi hackers,
>
> Could we please make sure a working ac97_codec gets put in the patches for
> 2.3.47? It seems to me his patch to 2.3.45 didn't make it into 2.3.46, thus
> causing all sorts of problems wrt mixers.
>
> Also, Mr. Lho, other hackers, I did note some problems with sound after
> that, though I don't know if they were related to X11/Gnome/XMMS or not. I
> was playing MP3's with XMMS in IceWM/Gnome and sound events were turned on.
> When I would go to open something or try to restore a minimized app, nothing
> would happen until I killed/shut XMMS. Is this a driver problem?
yes and no.
Only one apllication can use the sound at a time.
This is how most audio drivers work.
But you can use an user space demon like esound to mix many application
sounds into one a play the sum of them.
> One other thing I'd like to note is that with my card (es1371), at least
> under that Microsoft OS for normal consumers, you can fool with the Registry
> and add tone (bass/treble) controls. (SB PCI64D (latest driver calls it a
> 128D)). I Am Not A Coder, but I did see some stuff for tone in the
> appropriate drivers. Is there support for tone controls, and if so, where
> is it/what mixer applet handles it/etc? I'll be happy to test if someone
> can help me out by telling me what I need to do.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> JT
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