From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta7.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.5.74]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BCeRJ-0004JP-00 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 08:51:57 -0400 Received: from nickysp4 (ool-182f16d9.dyn.optonline.net [24.47.22.217]) by mta7.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with SMTP id <0HW0001X5BR3OE@mta7.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 08:52:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 08:51:59 -0400 From: nick G To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-id: <000a01c41fc3$c7317ed0$cc00a8c0@nickysp4> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <4076E759.3040602@freedombox.cc> <20040409205017.GA6438@rednote.net> <40773310.7080808@freedombox.cc> <001e01c41ef8$6ca4aa30$6401a8c0@handsontech> <4078AC36.3080207@freedombox.cc> <4078D620.5000906@freedombox.cc> Subject: Re: FreedomBox ot? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 12:51:58 -0000 Hey Matt speaking of Kernels, what's the difference between kernel 2.4 and 2.6? Thanks, Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Campbell" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 1:22 AM Subject: Re: FreedomBox ot? > Well, FreedomBox doesn't require ALSA. I've tested it with the emu10k1 > OSS driver that comes with kernel version 2.4.22; I haven't tried a 2.6 > kernel yet. And on my 266 MHz machine I used the cs4231 OSS driver that > comes with the kernel. > > To narrow down the problem, try the following. First, start usound > manually as explained in the README file. Then, from the freedombox > directory, type the following: > > helpers/mplayer -ao usound http://www.freedombox.info/mp3/fb_talk.mp3 > > This will use the patched version of MPlayer that comes with FreedomBox > to play an MP3 stream from the FreedomBox web site. Let me know if that > audio is distorted. > > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup