[ltp] Newbie --- Thinkpad 600, Redhat 8.0, Sound?

[wes schreiner]

Paul Kaplan wrote:

>If you're referring to the internal modem, it's a software (or Winmodem) that 
>relies heavily on the underlying OS to work.  There's a site called 
>linmodem.org that may have drivers that you can use to make the thing work.  
>The linux-thinkpad site can tell you what the modem chipset is for your TP.  
>I haven't pursued this problem since I don't use the modem.
>Paul
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The modem in the Thinkpad 600 (and 600E, 770, and some others) is not as 
dumb as a Winmodem.  It actually has a hardware DSP,  it just needs a 
control program to load the DSP with the instructions it requires.  The 
difference is that it doesn't eat much CPU when the modem is in use, 
unlike the typical Winmodem.  

For lots of info on the 600 see Thomas Hood's page at
http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/tp600lnx.htm

The home page for the modem in the 600 is at
http://oss.software.ibm.com/acpmodem/

wes

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>On Thursday 30 January 2003 12:58 pm, Angel de Vicente wrote:
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>>Hi,
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>>somehow I managed to stumble on a solution. I installed sndconfig, run it,
>>when selecting the CS423X card and trying to play the sample files, well,
>>it didn't. I gave up, hoping that it would play the CD anyway, and, it
>>does. It does not complain about no soundcard anymore on booting, and the
>>CD plays beautifully. I couldn't tell you about the streaming audio yet,
>>though: I still have to see if the modem is working fine, I hear this is
>>another usual weak point in the thinkpad-linux setting (any help on
>>installing this?).
>>
>>Thanks for the help,
>>Angel de Vicente
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>>>I'd love to hear what you eventually do to get
>>>sound
>>>on your machine and how well it works.
>>>Paul
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>>>On Thursday 30 January 2003 11:28 am, A. Rick Anderson wrote:
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>>>>sndconfig is one of the "hidden" packages that are not installed by
>>>>default.  Insert the 1st distribution CD, then go to Packages on one
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>>>of the
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>>>>System menus.  If you look under the media packages, you'll spot
>>>>sndconfig.  Click on it and it will be added.
>>>>
>>>>Note: these are the general steps, i.e. the algorithm, rather then a
>>>>precise set of mouse clicks, i.e. a recipe.
>>>>
>>>>At 09:19 AM 1/30/2003 +0000, you wrote:
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>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I got my first IBM Thinkpad, my first ever RedHat (8.0) distribution,
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>>>and
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>>>>>I set
>>>>>up to install it. Everything went pretty smoothly, but I have no
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>>>sound.
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>>>>>I tried to follow the advice in
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>>>http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-
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>>>>>4BP6Q6.html,
>>>>>
>>>>>but the problem is that sndconfig doesn't seem to be in my system
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>>>(command
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>>>>>not
>>>>>found).
>>>>>
>>>>>I have never used Linux before, so any help on how to get this done
>>>>>(installing
>>>>>sndconfig, and playing my CDs) would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks a lot,
>>>>>Angel de Vicente
>>>>>
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>>>>>http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/angelv/
>>>>>
>>>>>PhD Research Student
>>>>>Edinburgh University
>>>>>--
>>>>>The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
>>>>>http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
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>>>>-- A. Rick Anderson
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>>>The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
>>>http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
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>>http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/angelv/
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>>PhD Research Student
>>Edinburgh University
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