Re: ca0106

[steef <steefvanduin@zonnet.nl>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

> steef wrote:
>
> > greetings to you all!
> >
> >
> > bought very cheap a creative audigy sound-card: chip(set) *ca0106*. 
> > as a sarge-user i discovered  debian_alsa under kernel 2.6.8-2-k7 
> > doesnot have this driver.
> >
> > so i downloaded, compiled and installed alsa-lib, version 1.0.11rc2, 
> > and the appropriate alsa-utils and tools.
> >
> > so far so good: the sound_output is way better than the of the 
> > AC97-codec.
> >
> > *but* when i try to record sound (speech) with sound-recorder i 
> > cannot get sound out of the playback of the produced *.wav-files 
> > (homne/steef/wav, /home/steef/wav_1) with sound-recorder. in 
> > alsamixer i have correctly put on the IEC958_knob and the mic_input 
> > as well as *capture*.
> >
> > i know this could be a problem of a beta-driver or something like 
> > that and i gonna put this question/problem too on the alsa-list. 
> > *but....maybe some of you can help me out??? and tell me what i did 
> > possibly wrong*
>
> Just dnldd. that lib and the ca0106 version on it is identical to what 
> 2.6.15-ck1 has: I will recompile the kernel with that module in it and 
> try it again.
>
> Will let you know.
>
> H
hugo,

a white paper label on my audigy-card says:  *SB0570*
and, on the second line  N10225.
i tried the card out, to discover the exact chipcode, on a hd with 
slackware  10.2. together with some googling i came on *ca0106* (unknown 
on slack10.2 too).

your bad sound-quality with another kernel:
indeed! there were some troubles with the ouput_soundquality. this seems 
to be fixed in the drivers on alsa version  1.0.11 release cand. 2.  see 
the changes from rc1>> rc2 on the alsa.org site.

maybe more inportant: i did *not*  have to recompile my kernel. i 
followed the instructions on the alsa.org site: ...i decided to take the 
other choice:  to put *alsa-driver-1.0.11rc2.tar.bz2* in /usr/src/alsa.  
of course after i did as # mkdir  /usr/src/alsa. && before this 
processus i got rid of the installed debian-packages on my machine 
(sorry folks!)

on that way i now have since yesterday a working creative_audigy sound_card.

*but*, sad but true, sound-recorder still does not give *wav-files with 
sound on my machine!!!


at last:  i am indeed very curious for the results of your exercise with 
this sound_card: especiaaly, of course the sound-quality.


good luck!,
met vriendelijke groet,

steef

groningen, holland