So you did not want to try the free experiment I sent in my last from my last post? A live boot would tell you in short order if it would work with your hardware. Why not try it? So far sound has just worked with anything I have tried it with Solyd Linux. Isn't that strange?
On Mon, 2014-06-30 at 10:24 -0600, Greg King wrote: > I note from the product sheets that these all say Windows support and one > says no Mac support. Do you know from experience that they will work with > Linux? I don't want to swap one audio problem for another although it is a > pretty cheap experiment. > > Greg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bogi" <khan...@shaw.ca> > To: "CLUG General" <clug-talk@clug.ca> > Sent: Sunday, 29 June, 2014 3:58:32 PM > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Linux rules! and continues eliminate the competition > > I will note that this is not a solution but a workaround. > you can get one of them external USB sound devices, plug it in, and more > likely than not, you will get better sound than your built in (card) could > ever produce. > so without express recommendation: > http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX31016 > http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX25819 > > Now your problems could well stem from a bad driver, but they could be rooted > in some out of spec hardware. Now i am not saying that this applies to your > case hare, but generally speaking google for problems with you device > regarding you driver, if you find mention then check it, maybe there is > already > a solution, if not, just silently seek out the latest version of said driver > from the developers website, many bug-fixes take years to get into distro > repositories, while being available for download and compile on the > developers > website. > Bar a that, you may actually have a faulty hardware, this does not seem to > be > the case here, but in such case, i am sure the merchant you got your hardware > from would be willing to replace the motherboard, just make sure you have the > proper in shop replacement type warranties available for you. > > The root of the problem is the lack of systematic Linux distribution by > hardware manufacturers and retailers. And that should lead to a bit of > thinking from the community and a lot of action from the commercial partners > who do make and distribute computer hardware. > > One way to do this, is for the community to offer a testing and certification > platform for new hardware, make a certified for Linux sticker if you like, so > the hardware manufacturers and retailers can advertise their hardware works > with Linux or not. We need to make this a consistent and reliable service > that > can be accesses by commerce globally or locally. > > Ultimately the vendor do not have to ship it with Linux, tho we would love it > better if they did, but they can sure put the sticker on the hardware to > designate it as works with Linux 3.0+ for example :-) > > Cheers > Sam > > > On June 29, 2014 Sunday 10:27:17 Greg King wrote: > > "Linux dominates supercomputers as never before" See article: > > http://www.zdnet.com/linux-dominates-supercomputers-as-never-before-7000030 > > 890/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61 > > > > Too bad it can't do the same on the desktop. For example, I just bought a > > new system with a Gigabyte motherboard and I7 processor. I put Mint 17 on > > it and 95% of things just work, except for the sound - full of static and > > choppy. I've spent a few hours already downloading new drivers from Realtek > > and compiling them (not exactly a "consumer friendly" activity) and it > > still does not work correctly. Apparently it is a known bug with Realtek > > ALC892 audio but none of the solutions I have found from googling around > > has fixed it yet. Not much has changed in the past 7 years since I similar > > problems with sound on a new machine back then too. Of course the DVD that > > came with the motherboard is loaded with Windows drivers. It's encouraging > > that Realtek at least published Linux drivers - too bad they were never > > debugged, or the docs on how to get them to work are incomplete. > > > > If anyone else has solved this issue I'd love to hear the solution. > > > > Greg > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > clug-talk@clug.ca > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
