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>1. Introduction</A
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>This is the Linux Sound HOWTO. It is intended as a quick reference
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covering everything you need to know to install and configure sound
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support under Linux. Frequently asked questions about sound under
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Linux are answered, and references are given to some other sources of
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information on a variety of topics related to computer generated sound
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and music.</P
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>The scope is limited to the aspects of sound cards pertaining to
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Linux. See the other documents listed in the <EM
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>References</EM
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section for more general information on sound cards and computer sound
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and music generation.</P
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>1.1. Acknowledgments</A
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>Much of this information came from the documentation provided with the
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sound driver source code, by Hannu Savolainen
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(<A
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>hannu@opensound.com</A
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>). Thanks
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go to Hannu, Alan Cox, and the many other people who developed the
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Linux kernel sound drivers and utilities.</P
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tools, this HOWTO is available in several formats, all generated from
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>1.2. New versions of this document</A
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>New versions of this document will be periodically posted to the
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>comp.os.linux.answers</A
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> newsgroup.
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Hypertext versions of this and other Linux HOWTOs are available on
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many world-wide web sites, including
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<A
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HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/"
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>http://www.linuxdoc.org</A
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Most Linux CD-ROM distributions include the HOWTOs, often under the
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> directory, and you can also buy printed copies
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from several vendors. Sometimes the HOWTOs available from CD-ROM
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vendors, ftp sites, and printed format are out of date. If the date on
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this HOWTO is more than six months in the past, then a newer copy is
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probably available on the Internet.</P
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><EM
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>Please note that, due to the dynamic nature of the Internet, all
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web and ftp links listed in this document are subject to change.</EM
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>Translations of this document are available in several languages:</P
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>Chinese:
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HREF="http://www.linux.org.tw/CLDP/Sound-HOWTO.html"
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>http://www.linux.org.tw/CLDP/Sound-HOWTO.html</A
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>French:
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HREF="http://www.freenix.org/unix/linux/HOWTO/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.freenix.org/unix/linux/HOWTO/</A
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>Italian:
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HREF="http://www.pluto.linux.it/ildp/HOWTO/index.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.pluto.linux.it/ildp/HOWTO/index.html</A
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><P
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>Japanese:
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HREF="http://yebisu.ics.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/linux/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://yebisu.ics.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/linux/</A
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><P
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>Korean:
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HREF="http://kldp.org/HOWTO/html/Sound/Sound-HOWTO.html"
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>http://kldp.org/HOWTO/html/Sound/Sound-HOWTO.html</A
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>Russian:
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HREF="http://www.phtd.tpu.edu.ru/~ott/russian/linux/howto-rus/Sound-HOWTO.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.phtd.tpu.edu.ru/~ott/russian/linux/howto-rus/Sound-HOWTO.html</A
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>Spanish:
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>ftp://ftp.insflug.org/es</A
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><P
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>Most translations of this and other Linux HOWTOs can also be found at
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<A
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HREF="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/"
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>http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/</A
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If you make a translation of this document into another language, let me
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know and I'll include a reference to it here.</P
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>1.3. Feedback</A
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>I rely on you, the reader, to make this HOWTO useful. If you have any
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suggestions, corrections, or comments, please send them to me,
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>tranter@pobox.com</A
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>,
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and I will try to incorporate them in the next revision.</P
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>I am also willing to answer general questions on sound cards under
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Linux, as best I can. Before doing so, please read all of the
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information in this HOWTO, and send me detailed information about the
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problem. Please do not ask me about using sound cards under operating
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systems other than Linux.</P
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>If you publish this document on a CD-ROM or in hardcopy form, a
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complimentary copy would be appreciated; mail me for my postal
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address. Also consider making a donation to the Linux Documentation
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Project to help support free documentation for Linux. Contact the
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LDP at <A
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>feedback@linuxdoc.org</A
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for more information.</P
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>1.4. Distribution Policy</A
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>Copyright (c) 1995-2001 by Jeff Tranter. Permission is granted to copy,
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distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free
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Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by
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the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no
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Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the
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license is available at
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