If you have a card based on the C-Media CMI8788 chip (Asound A-8788, Asus Xonar D2, Auzentech X-Meridian, Bgears b-Enspirer, Club3D Theatron DTS, HTOmega Claro, Razer Barracuda AC-1, or Sondigo Inferno), please help testing the new snd-cmi8788 driver.
To test it, get the source from the Hg repository, or download this beta package: http://www.informatik.uni-halle.de/~ladischc/alsa-driver-1.0.14-cl1.tar.bz2
To compile, run "./configure", then "make", then, as root, "make install-modules". (If you don't want to compile all the other drivers, use "./configure --with-cards=cmi8788" instead.)
What should work: * analog playback (2/4/6/8 channels) and capture * digital playback/capture (device name "plughw:CMI8788,1") * all sample rates (32-192 kHz) Not yet implemented: * front panel playback/capture * capture source selection * SPDIF controls (for AC-3, copyright bit etc.) * MIDI Known bugs: * PCM volume on Asus Xonar doesn't work Unknown bugs: * That's for you to find out!
I'm not sure about the channel order. Please try speaker-test -D hw:CMI8788,0 -c 8 -t wav and report if it works correctly.
*WARNING*: I don't have the hardware; I cannot run this driver myself. It's quite possible that it crashes your computer or that it causes the speakers to fall onto your cat. ;-)
Clemens