[alsa-devel] Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Testers wanted: New SB X-Fi driver

[Takashi Iwai]

At Mon, 25 May 2009 10:30:12 +0200,
Mario Contreras wrote:
> 
> The result of lspci is in the file.
> 
> I've installed the alsa-driver snapshot you posted:
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/alsa-driver-unstable-snapshot.tar.gz

It's an unstable version.  The stable one is alsa-driver-snapshot.tar.gz.

> In sound preferences, I can choose:
> 
>     - HDA Intel ALC1200 Analog (this is the integrated card in the
> motherboard)
>     - HD-Audio Generic CA0110 Analog/Digital (this is the X-FI, right?)

Likely.

>     - HDA ATI HDMI ATI HDMI (from my graphics card, I suppose)
> 
> All drivers with OSS and ALSA.
> 
> Anyway, when I choose the CA0110 and I click on test sound, the window
> freezes. Thanks.

Try the stable version first.

Also, for primary sound test, don't use any GUI programs.
Simply use aplay or speaker-test, such as

	% aplay -Ddefault:1 foo.wav

which plays on the secondary card (#1).


thanks,

Takashi