[lgfaq] Updates:

[zakk]

On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 00:39, Ryan C. Gordon wrote:
> Is anyone maintaining this thing now? Some notes for the audio section:
> 
> 1) We (4Front, jvalenzu and I) just fixed a problem in OpenAL, so the
> latest CVS should work correctly with commercial OSS drivers...this fixes
> UT1 and UT2003 (and ArmyOps, and Devastation, and...). I mention this
> because of the question:
> 
>   "In UT, I get some generally scary effects with latency & other things,
> even though I'm not running arts or esd."
> 
> "Build the latest CVS of OpenAL" is the new correct answer. "Upgrade to
> the latest UTPG" will be the correct option in the next few weeks...unless
> you want to use the GenericAudioSubsystem, which (arguably) will be lower
> sound quality if you've got a decent OpenAL setup.
> 
> 2) Can someone with KDE installed give better instructions than "killall
> -9 artsd" for disabling the sound server? There's user interface in place
> to turn it off and keep it from coming back, and restart it if you are so
> inclined.
> 
> Thanks,
> --ryan.
I'll take care of this stuff when I get home tommorow.
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zakk <zakk at timedoctor.org>