From: Kevin D. <ke...@do...> - 2003-09-16 16:07:26
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On Tuesday 16 September 2003 16:05, Silvan wrote: > On Tuesday 16 September 2003 10:14 am, Chris Cannam wrote: > > capabilities enabled in my kernel. I doubt if many other users > > have either. So I don't think it's really of immediate interest > > in this discussion. Or is it? > > Yeah, probably. It's the way of the future. If you don't have such a > kernel, and don't have the extra dangerous features turned on, you're a > weirdo and nobody in Linux audio land will listen to anything you have to > say about your troubles. Well, sorry to be a pain here, but if I'm just dabbling with various sound apps, as opposed to using them in a studio-type setting as a pro, I'm not sure I particularly want to install a special kernel to do it. If I install it as a separate kernel, I need to reboot to use it, and if I install it as my main kernel, it's unlikely to have all the bits that SuSE (for instance) add. If I want it to, I then have to do a kernel recompile, and that's all getting a bit far away from a relaxing tinkle on the ivories. If Alexandre can see some way around this, fine, but otherwise I think the original musing was along the right lines. -- Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.kyfieithu.co.uk - Meddalwedd Rydd yn Gymraeg |