Dear Reader,
If you've ever tried to configure sound for laptops running Linux,
you know it can be tricky. Dave Phillips unravels the process while
describing his experiences installing and configuring a sound
system for an HP Omnibook 4150. Dave uses the standard-issue kernel
modules (OSS/Free), the commercial OSS/Linux package, and the ALSA
drivers. And though he stresses that there is no typical configuration
for sound on Linux laptops, this article can serve as a template
for figuring out how to configure audio on your laptop.
Linux Laptop Sound Configuration
We also have part three of Emmanuel Dreyfus's series on IRIX. This
week he shows us some of IRIX's oddities, such as the system calls,
that you will not see anywhere else.
European IRIX Binary Compatibility, Part 3
And if you've been following Dru Lavigne's column on configuring a
multimedia workstation, this week she demonstrates how to get sound
working and looks at some of the sound-related ports in the ports
collection.
Using Sound on FreeBSD
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from Linux. Tim has written a follow-up piece, and he posts some
of the many comments he's received from readers. He also invites
you to weigh in if you haven't already.
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