I might try a live version of a really new kernel, but I'm going to stick with Linux Mint LTS editions such as Mint 17, so it would be just for informational purposes. The issue is the newness of the chips. Support will arrive eventually. A $30 external sound card workaround is not a bad option either.
Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mel Walters" <melwalt...@telus.net> To: clug-talk@clug.ca Sent: Monday, 30 June, 2014 1:24:14 PM Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Linux rules! and continues eliminate the competition 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 _______________________________________________ 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
