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Sound problems in Debian (or LMDE, or PCLinuxOS, or....)

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notthatguy
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Re: Sound problems in Debian (or LMDE, or PCLinuxOS, or....)

#16 Post by notthatguy »

Murdock wrote: Sound management in Linux----especially with onboard sound devices--- is a giant piece of rhinoceros excrement.
Idiocy! Pure idiocy.

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grege
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Re: Sound problems in Debian (or LMDE, or PCLinuxOS, or....)

#17 Post by grege »

@Sixstring

We go around to the same point again. If Ubuntu works, then just use Ubuntu. If Ubuntu works then Linuxmint 12 will work. I love LMDE, but the reality is that it is not for beginners. LMDE and Debian Wheezy take knowledge and constant maintenance, plus Debian has a philosophy of using only non proprietary drivers. So if you install new hardware and get no sound, and VGA graphics then you have to work at finding the missing firmware and drivers you need. That is just the way it is.

From your posts it appears that Linuxmint 12 will work without you having to do anything. It comes pre-installed with every driver and piece of firmware available, DVD decoder, video and sound decoders, latest flash etc etc. Mint also has lively forums with help with any issue. One tip, do not install the ATI video driver as it will kill Gnome 3. Just use the Gallium driver that will be installed in the beginning. And always do the updates.

If you want easy, out of the box ready, then Linuxmint 12 is for you.
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dtl131
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Re: Sound problems in Debian (or LMDE, or PCLinuxOS, or....)

#18 Post by dtl131 »

Ubuntu 11.10 uses Alsa 1.0.24. Debian stable is stuck with Alsa 1.0.21 kernel module unless you use the backport kernel. Do you see the problem with trying to compare ubuntu 11.10 with debian stable (or even testing)? Compare it with sid.

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Re: Sound problems in Debian (or LMDE, or PCLinuxOS, or....)

#19 Post by cannae »

Do some research next time:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a ... _a75&num=4

Ideally you want kernel 3.2, so Ubuntu or any recent testing would be a decent choice. If I were building for Stable, right now with the 2.6 kernel, I'd stick with basic hardware, something like 880G + AMD Athlon/Phenom, not the latest and greatest. Give testing another shot, though.


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