Ubuntu's inability to support the Soundblaster X-Fi soundcards properly
is perhaps one of the most egregious failings of the OS.
Think about it - the people who actually care enough about their PC
sound experience to buy a top-of-the-line card are the ones who are
hosed! People with integrated MB
I second the motion! It is an epic failure on the part of ALSA,
Canonical, Creative and the others (who all point fingers at each other
as the responsible party for this situation.)
This almost turned me off Linux completely. For the 2nd time.
I never would have thought I'd need to use WINDOWS
Re: Creative labs X-Fi sound card unsupported
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> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Shendai wrote:
>> I never would have thought I'd need to use WINDOWS to get good sound.
>> It's unfathomable, really.
>
> Windows isn't giving you good sound, Creative is wit
Martin - first off, anyone has the right to complain especially when its
presented in a salient way. I recognize this is not the most important thing
for everyone, and Canonical certainly has no obligation whatsoever to make a
particular piece of hardware work. Nevertheless, this continued fa
Hello,
No - this does not work, nor should we expect it to unless support for
the X-Fi is added to the kernel. This is, as I understand it, more of a
function of ALSA. Until ALSA is updated to work with this gen of
hardware, every user of the X-Fi is basically out of luck.
I should note tha
