[linrad] Re: KNOPPIX.iso file

[David Garnier <dgarnier@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just wanted to say thank you for the nice piece of work
you did here! Couple weeks ago I burnt the first .iso version
to disk and I was really surprised to see Knoppix boot and
come up into x-windows; I was just curious. 

I have yet to run up Linrad, too many other things demand
my productive awake time, I get home from work these days
and I am exhausted, (I have CLL stage 0+)  Have a good
and restfully holiday Roger!

Warm Regards & 73's de wb9own

dave garnier


w3sz wrote:

> Hello, all, again!
>
> As you have noted, Rein W6/PA0ZN has generously alotted space for the 
> time  being for the KNOPPIX.iso file on his excellent Linrad Database 
> page.  The  link can be found on the W6/PA0ZN Linrad Database home 
> page, at
>
> http://www.nitehawk.com/linrad_dat/
>
> I have also added to my webpages [also on Rein's site] a webpage that 
> has  a bit of explanatory text regarding the Linrad-Knoppix Starter CD 
> at:
>
> URL: http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz/linrad_knoppix.htm
>
> This is pretty much what I had sent around before, but now in HTML 
> format  for easier reading, and with some additions/improvements.
>
> Any suggestions on how to improve on either the CD or the 
> Documentation  will be most appreciated.
>
> Reports of successes and failures would also be most welcome.  In 
> each  case, listing the
>
> Computer Model [if commercial],
> CPU type and speed,
> mother board,
> RAM,
> Video Card,
> Monitor,
> Sound Card[s],
> Mouse Type [PS2, USB, etc]
>
> would be most helpful.
>
> This is the same info that we should all be entering on Rein's Linrad  
> Database page, with a few additions that I think are important in 
> figuring  out what works and doesn't work with each Linux distro.
>
> Yesterday I tried the Linrad-Knoppix CD on the  
> 1.4GHz/Radeon/Delta44/Soundblaster and  
> 3.0GHz/IntelExtremeGraphics2/Delta44/OnboardSound P4's at Hilltop.   
> XWindows worked in both, and svgalib worked and Linrad came up after 
> I  selected the VESA drivers in libvga.config.  I get 48 KHz [not 96 
> KHz]  bandwidth in I/Q mode with the stock ALSA drivers in Knoppix, 
> but didn't  get the proper input from the Delta44/ WSE units for some 
> reason [i.e., I  didn't see/hear the 2 meter signals I expected to 
> see/hear, and that I DID  see/hear when I rebooted into Fedora Core 
> 3].  It may just be ALSA mixer  settings.  If so, that would be very 
> nice as it would mean that installing  OSS or doing ANYTHING with the 
> sound drivers is NOT NECESSARY with KNOPPIX  3.8.1. with 'the usual' 
> hardware.  That would be great!  But at the  minimum, it looks like 
> mixer / switch settings need to be fooled with.
>
> So Knoppix has now allowed access to XWindows in 7 of 7 computers I 
> tried  it on, and Linrad has come up in reasonable if not perfect 
> fashion in 5 of  the 7 with little difficulty.
>
> Has anyone else gotten proper Linrad input/output with the Delta44 
> running  at 96KHz using the STOCK ALSA drivers?  If so, I don't have 
> to worry about  how to make OSS an easily installed 'option' [I don't 
> want to install it  if it is not needed, as that will complicate things].
>
> I think Ramiro's idea of producing standard .deb packages for Linrad 
> and  svgalib is an excellent one.  I'd also like to fix [i.e. remove] 
> some of  the security/safety features of Knoppix that can make it 
> difficult to play  with, make a version where OSS is present and 
> easily installed IF NEEDED  [perhaps it won't be needed], clean up the 
> CD, etc...
>
> 73,
>
> Roger
> W3SZ



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