[NCLUG] Re: Ubuntu sound problems--Installfest question

[danbob]

Well, the Ubuntu is a bit of an experiment here. My bosses Windwoes
machine is about to die from the bloat, and I need to give his laptop
back soon too. I'm trying Ubuntu as a possible option for him soon,
since he knows zero about Linux. So far I'm impressed with Ubuntu,
except for this sound issue.

My system dual-boots from 2 different hard drives, and on the windows
side I need PCMCIA and Optical....I do pro-quality sound mixing and
recording. So a plain audio card is not going to cut it.

What I'm worried about is if I put the external USB sound card on Ebay,
and buy a fancy new one, that it won't work with Linux. Back in the same
boat. What would really be nice is.....get the internal sound working on
this box (I don't do mixdowns in linux) for general use and Skype, and
keep the Extigy USB one just for the windows machine.

Hmm. ANy more thoughts? I haven't checked the BIOS yet. This was a very
common eMachine before I hacked it to pieces. One option is a cheap
SoundBlaster Live! card to use with Linux, but then I'm hoping that
windows doesn't completely choke on me for having 3 sound cards.

DAN





On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 09:57 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 11:31:58PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 01:35:11PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > danbob wrote:
> > > > AU31 motherboard, with NVidia built in video and sound. Used to be an
> > > > eMachine I think.
> > > 
> > > My usual solution to this type of problem is to disable onboard audio
> > > and install a SoundBlaster Live! PCI card.  It often just isn't worth
> > > the frustration of trying to make an unyielding onboard device work.
> > 
> > My usual solution, when I don't have extra sound cards lying around, is
> > to try something a bit more tractable when it comes to sound
> > configuration.
> 
> Err . . . that wasn't clear.  I meant "try an OS that's a bit more
> tractable when it comes to sound configuration".  Like . . . a different
> distro, for instance.
> 
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