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nextbillgates
09-20-2001, 10:01 PM
First of all, is there any real-world advantage to using microcode updates? I use a Celeron 533 to surf the web, listen to MP3s, play games, and compile programs. Because my CPU is (relatively) weak and I do some CPU intensive work, I assume that it would help me quite a bit.
Second, since Nvidia uses thier own custom DRI and AGP interfaces, is it still necessary to compile tthe options into the kernel, or do the Nvidia modules take care of all that?
Lastly, I've been browsing the slackware message boards searching for the correct code to enable bass/treble controls on SBLive cards, and while I did find what I was looking for, they also said that it didn't work in kernel 2.4.9. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
element-x
09-20-2001, 11:09 PM
It worked just fine for me in 2.4.9
As always I add the following to the Makefile in /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/emu10k1/
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DTONE_CONTROL
And every single time, I've had my bass/treble work correctly.
element-x
09-23-2001, 06:18 PM
Ok, let me rephrase that...
It DIDNT work in 2.4.9 :)
In fact, as a matter of fact, it hasn't worked since 2.4.8
In 2.4.7 I could at least add the -DTONE_CONTROL "fix".
They're seriously begining to be a pain in my ***.
Originally posted by nextbillgates:
<STRONG>First of all, is there any real-world advantage to using microcode updates? I use a Celeron 533 to surf the web, listen to MP3s, play games, and compile programs. Because my CPU is (relatively) weak and I do some CPU intensive work, I assume that it would help me quite a bit.
Second, since Nvidia uses thier own custom DRI and AGP interfaces, is it still necessary to compile tthe options into the kernel, or do the Nvidia modules take care of all that?
Lastly, I've been browsing the slackware message boards searching for the correct code to enable bass/treble controls on SBLive cards, and while I did find what I was looking for, they also said that it didn't work in kernel 2.4.9. Can anyone confirm or deny this?</STRONG>
1) I doubt very much; that Cel 533 should work just fine with Linux, I don't know of any specific kernel tweaks you might do anyway, other than just choosing 'Celeron' over i586/i686.
2) The NVdriver mod should be enough; you can choose to use the 'agpgart' but there's really no reason to. Compile it as a module in the next kernel you build and try it out.
3) No clue, sorry; I use the ALSA set of drivers for my SBLive card.