This is the Linux Sound HOWTO. It is intended as a quick reference
covering everything you need to know to install and configure sound
support under Linux. Frequently asked questions about sound under
Linux are answered, and references are given to some other sources of
information on a variety of topics related to computer generated sound
and music.
The scope is limited to the aspects of sound cards pertaining to
Linux. See the other documents listed in the References
section for more general information on sound cards and computer sound
and music generation.
Much of this information came from the documentation provided with the
sound driver source code, by Hannu Savolainen
(hannu@opensound.com). Thanks
go to Hannu, Alan Cox, and the many other people who developed the
Linux kernel sound drivers and utilities.
Thanks to the DocBook
tools, this HOWTO is available in several formats, all generated from
a common source file.
I rely on you, the reader, to make this HOWTO useful. If you have any
suggestions, corrections, or comments, please send them to me,
tranter@pobox.com,
and I will try to incorporate them in the next revision.
I am also willing to answer general questions on sound cards under
Linux, as best I can. Before doing so, please read all of the
information in this HOWTO, and send me detailed information about the
problem. Please do not ask me about using sound cards under operating
systems other than Linux.
If you publish this document on a CD-ROM or in hardcopy form, a
complimentary copy would be appreciated; mail me for my postal
address. Also consider making a donation to the Linux Documentation
Project to help support free documentation for Linux. Contact the
LDP at feedback@linuxdoc.org
for more information.
Copyright (c) 1995-2001 by Jeff Tranter. Permission is granted to copy,
distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free
Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by
the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no
Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the
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http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html