Problems with the function key, sound quality, and a module question.
Hello:
A few quick questions:
Every time I try to use the function (Fn) key on my Gateway 450XL to do things like display the battery status or dim/brighten the LCD, the system freezes (COLD). This is the only stability issue I've encountered thus far running Slackware 9.1 on the new 2.6.1 kernel. I have ACPI enabled, by the way. How should I go about fixing this? I'd like access to those functions.
Also, has anybody else experienced sub-par sound quality using ALSA? I'm playing mp3s in XMMS using headphones [XMMS output is set to ALSA], and noticing skips and blips and the like. It's not horrible, but could be much better (especially considering that mp3s and headphones will be my only access to music once I go abroad). This Gateway is using the onboard audio (the mobo is an i855, so the hardware is an AC '97).
Lastly, aside from my rc.modules, is there another way to control what modules are loaded into the kernel? I think some redundant things are being loaded on startup, and I'd like to prevent that.
Thanks,
rk
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