On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 12:23, michael higgins wrote:
> Thanks for your replies. Still, no luck.
>
> The oddest thing is that every test, but for actually using the sound,
> shows that everything is loaded and ready to go. Mandrake Control Center
> under Hardware doesn't show any sound hardware. From my reading, it may
> be some hack via the initial boot in MacOS that gives access to the
> sound. IDK. Aumix shows it ready to go, as well as /proc/devices
> /proc/modules /dev/sndstat (IIRC). In other words, it looks like it
> should work.
>
> Googling has not led me to find any success stories with this particular
> mac (beige g-3, and 'old world' ppc), but for one who said he had it
> working until he installed and booted into MacOS 9.1 on a different
> drive: then, bootx into linux failed to load the sound. This is much
> like my system, with 9.22 on the scsi bus.
>
> That aside, I re-installed mdk 9.1, just to be sure I didn't miss
> anything in the installation phase, and installed nearly everything,
> just in case. I like how it works. I'm still trying to get both monitors
> ('heads'?) to work, but that's another story.
>
> Anyway, I tried the 10.1 'cooker' distro, and didn't get it to go.
> Meanwhile, I tried compiling alsa from CVS, but it failed. Maybe I'll
> post a query on the alsa list. Or the ppc-cooker list.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> -- mike higgins
Check your machine specs for what sound device is installed...that may
start to lead you down the right path mate.
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