[PD] [OT] notebook recommendations?

[derek holzer]

hi jaakko,

using debian linux with RME HDSP cardbus on Asus L3 series laptop. the 
laptop itself isn't super. biggest problem is that everything in the 
enitre world, including the soundcard and PCMCIA bus [along with 
firewire, usb, modem and ethernet] are all wired to IRQ 9, making it a 
crowded little bus. it has a super-stoopid BIOS which doesn't allow me 
to change IRQ routing, so if anybody knows enough about kernel boot 
parameters to give me some tips on this speak now.... also, the pcmcia 
hardware is not the best [ricoh cardbus controllers are explicitely NOT 
recommended by RME. too bad i read this too late....]. still, with jack 
and alsa running, i get fairly good, low latency results, even if RME 
tells me i will never run all 18 channels at once!

in your RME HDSPsearch, perhaps you ran accross these sites:

http://pd.klingt.org/files/hdsp-howto.html
http://petertodd.ca/hdsp.php

i'll have to make my own page. someday....

good luck to all linux laptop audio aspirants,
derek


Jaakko Prättälä wrote:

>On Wednesday 21 May 2003 00:30, JoXo Miguel Pais wrote:
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>>I have a negative experience to share: avoid mixing Compaq presario 700 and
>>Suse. The normal audiocard (soundmax) was impossible to configure (modem as
>>well), until eventually lost my patience. I would say that computers that
>>are perfect for windows don't work always in linux. Maybe buying a system
>>that comes already with linux is the best choice (some shops and sites in
>>the internet have that choice already).
>>
>>João
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>Me too; a negative experience... no, let me think...
>a (painful) learning experience. Don't mix hp xe4100 with
>the rme hdsp cardbus thingy. After a couple of months of fighting
>I'm now looking to buy a new laptop in which I can run pd through
>the hdsp under linux. Everything works in windows though (sigh).
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>Anyone using hdsp(cardbus&multiface)+pd on linux successfully?
>On which laptop?
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