Re: c97_codec (bugs in 2.3.44 on)

[David Balazic]

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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David Balazic