On Saturday, 10.12.2005 at 13:28 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Let's make sure: this is the card with the big chip on it that says > "CREATIVE ca0106-dat" and at the outer edge: "Sound Blaster Live > 24-bit", ok? Actually, it's this: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=292191 And on the Creative site: http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=205&product=14257 This is sold as a "Soundblaster Audigy SE 7.1" - although lspci identifies it as "0000:01:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS". Not sure this is actually the same card as you have. > Then I tried to use it and the sound is sh*t if you pardon the > expression: just hickups. > That's funny because I bought the card because I was unsure of the > onboard chip in my new mobo. Turns out *that* works perfectly and my > sure bet: *forget it*. > > I did *not* disable the onboard chip. > Just added CONFIG_SND_CA0106=M in the kernel compile. > > The kernel version matters: support for this thing was added in 2.6.12? > You did not say what kernel version you have. > > Then I used alsaconf to select the chip. > > But playing through it is a mess. I'd like to see what yours sounds like. Well, I've no idea at the moment, because it won't work :-/ I've got my own build of 2.6.12 which includes the above module. Thanks, Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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