Project Stick In The Mud :-)

Lyvim Xaphir knightmerc at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 11 06:51:15 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 00:39 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:

> > 
> > Russell,
> > 
> > I've got a K9A Platinum.  I've had sound working from day one, with a
> > better set of drivers and a better mixer.  The difference is that I went
> > to 
> > 
> > http://www.4front-tech.com/download.cgi
> > 
> > And downloaded the latest drivers for my kernel.  The mixer, drivers and
> > features are much more mature and easier to work with, plus the latest
> > sound chips are supported.  "Pulseaudio" or whatever it is, is not
> > needed at all in this scenario.
> > 
> > In addition to that you get more control over the sound card and more
> > information about what it's doing.  There are also conf files you can
> > get to in order to customize stuff.
> > 
> > I've had problems with alsa from day one, ever since I started
> > attempting to record radio broadcasts over the internet.  I got away
> > from that stuff a long time ago.
> 
> Thanks for the trip down memory lane, and I just installed OSS. I had a
> key that I got from Hannu, about 10 years ago, now I can't find it.
> <chuckles> For $10 I was entitled to life time updates. So, I just
> ditched alsa, everything works nicely. Ric


That's great news, Ric.  If you need any extra advice, there's an #oss
channel on irc.freenode.net for assistance 24/7.

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