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On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:03 AM, dhk <dhkuhl@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> I think I have made some progress. After getting a new sound card |
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> (Sound Blaster X-Fi) and building X-Fi in the kernel I have some sound, |
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> but it sounds terrible. It's mostly a static noise with a hint of the |
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> actual audio underneath. Also the volume is almost all the way up, but |
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> the volume still sounds low. |
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> The ALSA Soundcard Matrix for this card says: |
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> Sound Blaster X-Fi emu20k1 Details [PCI] Partially supported on 1.0.21; |
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> EAX and Advanced sound options like crystalizer not available |
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I've got one of these X-Fi devices although mine is not a Creative |
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Labs device.. The device looks like a PCI-Express 1x devices but on my |
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motherboard it turned out it only works in one specific slot. Check |
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your MB specs for any similar limitations. |
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As for the in-kernel/module question, I've done Linux audio for years. |
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I can almost promise you that the Alsa devs never build the drivers |
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into the kernel. For that reason alone I never do. I've had a few |
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problems over the years when they were built in, later fixed by the |
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devs so that it worked built in, but in my experience it's always |
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better to start with it as a module, get it working, and then if it's |
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important to you build it in. I have about 2 dozen sound cards here. I |
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build all of them as drivers for every machine so that I can move |
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cards around for special needs and not need to rebuild the kernel. |
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Good luck, |
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Mark |
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