how to identify sound card

[Javier Perez]

What is at /var/log/dmesg?

Try grep 'sound' -f /var/log/dmesg


On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:29 AM, g <geleem at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> On 07/08/2011 02:42 PM, Howard wrote:
> > Yes, alsamixer shows a lot.
> >
> > I also found that I have lshal which shows everything identified:
> > lshal | less  # is nice to look through
>
> it is an extensive database. "man hald"
>
> btw, after other post, out of curious, i tried "locate bin/ls" to find
> that it works better, as in faster, than "locate ls|grep bin/ls".
>
> also, can anyone pass along locations of 'hald' and 'locate' databases?
> i am now curious as to size and type.
>
> > So I guess in todays world an advanced graphics card would have advanced
> > sound capabilities for better management of both sound and graphics...
>
> graphics chips and sound chips are dedicate types of a cpu's, and
> considered as 'gpu' and 'spu'. so you can presume that as cpu's advance,
> so will gpu's and spu's.
>
> > Thank you both
>
> welcome.
>
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