28 Jun 2005 22:42

Zaptel Patch for RT Kernel

This patch will allow you to compile zaptel against a kernel with Ingo Molinar's realtime-preempt patch.

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28 Jun 2005 20:44

EXTRAVERSION = .1

Bah, I think this is stupid. I have no problem with the 2.6.12.x numbering scheme, but using EXTRAVERSION for that extra number is just plain inconsiderate to external patch writers and users alike. At least we do have LOCALVERSION.

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28 Jun 2005 09:04

dmix by Default in ALSA 1.0.9

I say, it's high time to celebrate. From the ALSA 1.0.9 changelog:

- Summary: Use dmix/dsnoop for default PCM
  Use dmix/dsnoop plugins for default PCM in most of mobo chips

If you don't know what dmix is, basically it solves the problem of only one program being able to play audio at a time on cheap sound cards. In other words, kick those abomination sound servers (e.g. esd and artsd) out the door.

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23 Jun 2005 13:08

find | while read i; do foo "$i"; done

Thanks to tensai for inspiring me to realize this incredible idiom. No longer will file and directory names with spaces cause me untold grief. Behold:

find ~/music -type d | while read i; do mp3gain -k -a "$i"/*mp3; done

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