On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 05:17:38AM +0200, Dennis Heuer wrote: > > Really, alsa is anything else than intuitive. Alsamixer doesn't reflect > changes to the configuration--not even by renaming the channels. You > should start to think about profiles and use-cases and distribute good > settings and easy setups for the card types. > > Dennis
Hi Dennis, The VIA82xx is not exactly high-end hardware, AFAIK. And there is the problem that not all manufacturers provide full information needed for those who are willing to write the low-level drivers for Linux/Alsa. The low-level drivers, you must understand, are specific to each sound card. Their quality (or lack) for certain cards does not define the quality of ALSA. Maybe I am oversensitive, but I think I read a tone of expectation or judgment into your words. You have to remember that help from the mailing list is a gift. The drivers are written by those who have time, inclination and/or corporate sponsorship. I happen to have a VIA82xx on my motherboard. It works fine for stereo with no special options. Some people are reporting particular options for the VIA82xx driver here: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/notes-full.php There is a 'dxs_support=4' option and a 'ac97_quirk' option that you can try. Much of computer twigging (and life!) is trial-and-error. Otherwise, if you need the best possible drivers and support available for 5.1 surround under VIA82xx, you may have to go over to the dark side. If you want great sound under Linux, welcome! So do we!! You might want to choose specific hardware for that purpose. You may need to search through a few web pages to find something for your application/budget. This article from 2003 recommends SoundBlaster Live! and SB16PCI cards as cheap and well supported. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdext/is_200308/ai_ziff49207#continue Good luck to you. Be polite and you'll be surprised how much help you get. -- Joel Roth ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
