From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PwKkq-0006OQ-33 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:40:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E26C61C008; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 20:38:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 989F41C008 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 20:38:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb42 with SMTP id 42so5594530wyb.40 for ; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:38:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=De94pNGwa1Q6M5RasUKba1/GTFTs9WV8rjw+VLXTmMo=; b=ARouusidWD58PmtP+N6J94UuTdrLCxbvlacEh7PY5E4MdJ/pNTWuUfQ5MOmaPpb/PS SIeYX5vOlAsWmjTd4TJIoyPstOkWkwiLqxm68RwHihM3MQ2NdcR4JGOdBLpxXp73L8lt AgiMkP3Cp9HbGk9o0nyN/QC2LfKyMOMQotiao= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=sqeV20SYoFe7hDiFS8vsEHlRr/EBT5BlMieKLknj/8LGy4wtaRB/oCZa4nNPMQh83Z SV6QtUZUwFgmOA/7KXxi/d4rmpHnkUCVDzvYydE9Uw/SmaCRkh78QuvXlLiiHSXUgRWp vfQchmSquc+aZqfaeNV6vzDVd1l2nRCLNT0v0= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.62.67 with SMTP id x45mr824935wec.92.1299443920774; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:38:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.27.16 with HTTP; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 12:38:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.27.16 with HTTP; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 12:38:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4D5A58ED.4090602@optonline.net> <4D586719.9070509@optonline.net> <1297648866.31454.6.camel@troll> <4D59155A.7000301@optonline.net> <2658b578.a3f2.12e2903b5a2.Coremail.laconism@163.com> <4D5A64EB.7030806@optonline.net> <4D679A90.5030606@optonline.net> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 14:38:40 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ALSA - Still No Sound From: James Wall To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0ce007224da81d049dd65da4 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 3db125d1ad494fcbe81bcb7a98d9ce7d --000e0ce007224da81d049dd65da4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Two dozen??? How many computers do you have? On Mar 6, 2011 12:55 PM, "Mark Knecht" wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:03 AM, dhk wrote: > I think I have made some progress. After getting a new sound card > (Sound Blaster X-Fi) and buil... I've got one of these X-Fi devices although mine is not a Creative Labs device.. The device looks like a PCI-Express 1x devices but on my motherboard it turned out it only works in one specific slot. Check your MB specs for any similar limitations. As for the in-kernel/module question, I've done Linux audio for years. I can almost promise you that the Alsa devs never build the drivers into the kernel. For that reason alone I never do. I've had a few problems over the years when they were built in, later fixed by the devs so that it worked built in, but in my experience it's always better to start with it as a module, get it working, and then if it's important to you build it in. I have about 2 dozen sound cards here. I build all of them as drivers for every machine so that I can move cards around for special needs and not need to rebuild the kernel. Good luck, Mark --000e0ce007224da81d049dd65da4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Two dozen??? How many computers do you have?

On Mar 6, 2011 12:55 PM, "Mark Knecht&quo= t; <markknecht@gmail.com>= wrote:

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:03 AM, dhk <dhkuhl@optonline.net> wrote:
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> I think I have made some progress. =A0After= getting a new sound card
> (Sound Blaster X-Fi) and buil...<SNIP>

I've got one of these X-Fi devices although mine is not a Creative
Labs device.. The device looks like a PCI-Express 1x devices but on my
motherboard it turned out it only works in one specific slot. Check
your MB specs for any similar limitations.

As for the in-kernel/module question, I've done Linux audio for years.<= br> I can almost promise you that the Alsa devs never build the drivers
into the kernel. For that reason alone I never do. I've had a few
problems over the years when they were built in, later fixed by the
devs so that it worked built in, but in my experience it's always
better to start with it as a module, get it working, and then if it's important to you build it in. I have about 2 dozen sound cards here. I
build all of them as drivers for every machine so that I can move
cards around for special needs and not need to rebuild the kernel.

Good luck,
Mark

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