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Sound Blaster Linux

  • 11-09-2006 03:27PM
    #1
    DonkeyRhubarb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 534 ✭✭✭


    Ive had no luck getting Linux drivers for my Live 24bit off creative. There is some stuff on open sourve, but a lot of it seems to be taken offline.

    What can I do to get by Creatives brutal driver support?


Comments

  • #2
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    I'm surprised your sound card didn't just work out of the box. I can't remember the last time I actually installed a sound-driver in linux. Certainly pre-2000.


  • #3
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,562 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    As Khannie says any creative sound cart I've come across has been kernel supported (snd-emu10k1). Does this driver not work for your specific Audigy? Have you tried a more recent 2.6 kernel which will have an up to date version of ALSA?

    I'm not too familiar with the current Creative products. Is the Live 24bit an external unit?


  • #4
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    leeroybrown wrote:
    As Khannie says any creative sound cart I've come across has been kernel supported (snd-emu10k1). Does this driver not work for your specific Audigy?

    I think the audigy uses a different driver alright (10k1 chips are on older cards), but should definitely still be supported.


  • #5
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    i can use the emu10k1 driver.

    what linux distribution etc are you using. I've got a SB Live and currently have an SB Audigy 2 ZS working fully in linux.


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