[Lancaster] Sound on Linux

[Ken Hough]

Andy Baxter wrote:
> On Thursday 05 August 2004 17:01, Ken Hough wrote:
> 
>>Tim Churchill wrote:
>>
>>>I have temporarily given up on using sound on ArkLinux, due to lack
>>>of editing programs. I have managed to get them to package Ardour,
>>>but didn't have enough knowledge to get it to run. I have since
>>>learnt that one needs Jack installed and running before Ardour will
>>>run.
> 
> 
> yes.
> 
> 
>>>After some thought and research I have downloaded Fedora core 1 and
>>>then used Planet CCRMA's patched kernel and some of their software.
>>>This gave me the ability to run Ardour and Audacity using the AC97
>>>onboard sound system of the PC and OSS. I then attempted to install
>>>and configure ALSA to replace OSS. This gets rid of OSS, but has
>>>landed me with a modules.conf file that I don't understand and Jack
>>>refusing to start The error message I get is <jackstart: pcm.c:690:
>>>snd_pcm_nonblock: Assertion 'pcm' failed. Aborted.>
>>>
>>>The sound configuration GUI doesn't show ALSA as an option. Has
>>>anyone any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?
>>
>>Andy seems to be a sound guru. I have two points to make.
> 
> 
> not really - i just know how to get alsa working under debian. alsa has an OSS 
> emulation mode if you install the modules snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss, so 
> you should still be able to use jack's OSSSS setup if alsa won't work.
> 
> if you're looking for a sound recorder/editor, see if you can get rezound 
> working.
>

The very best of luck! I gave up. You will need libFOX. I downloaded 
this via the FOX TOOLS site. Can't remember the exact web address. I got 
the FOX stuff installed and proved to be running OK, but despite much 
tweeking was not able to configure/make rezound.

Ken Hough