My two previous messages on this subject went unanswered. I just finished trying out 0.9.0rc7, and it still has poor sound. So I'm gonna pester y'all again.
System Particulars:
o Machine: HP Omnibook 800CT laptop (166MHz Pentium)
o Distro: Debian Woody (3.0r0)
o Kernel: 2.4.18
o Sound chip: ESS-1887
The thing sounds just lovely using the kernel-supplied OSS drivers
(using the 'sb' module). However, under ALSA, the thing sounds muffled, as
though the left and right channels were being mixed together before being
sent to the chip.
I am *NOT* using the Debian-ized source .deb package, but rather
the official .tar.bz2 source package downloaded from alsa-project.org.
0.9.0rc7 is not perceptibly improved over rc6. In fact, it's
flakier. 'aplay' and 'xmms' can't seem to find the default output device
anymore; they just hang. I had to create a .asoundrc file naming a PCM
device and explicitly supply it to the programs. (Perhaps there is a wacky
.asoundrc incantation that will properly separate the stereo channels?)
So. What vital system files would you like to see? Is it worth
pursuing this any further?
Thanks,
Schwab
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