Trevor Bradley wrote: > The onboard snd_hda_intel on my nForce 430 / ASUS M2NPV-VM is just too > damned frustrating. I might have managed to get it working on my HTPC > backend in stereo as long as I don't look at it funny, but on my front > end, even with ivtv properly installed, sound isn't consistent, even > though everything works in Windows. And 6 channel sound isn't. No > matter my settings on alsamixer or kmix, I only ever get sound out of my > left and right speaker. > > At this point, I'm willing to throw money at the problem. I'm looking > for a cheap PCI card with 5.1 support, that's drop dead easy to get > working in Linux. > > Drop dead easy being defined as: > > A) Turn off machine, insert card, turn on machine > B) Run aslaconf, set up new card, modprobe driver, unmute mixer > settings, run alsactl store, set up any required entries in rc.local. > C) I never have to do step B ever, EVER again. It just works, on boot, > 100% of the time. > > Anyone have any recommendations for such a card? I do have 5.1 > speakers, but they're the cheapest Logitech makes, so I'm not looking > for audiophile quality. I just want a card with drivers that don't want > me to tear my hair out. > > Thanks for your time. > <http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3c45D9F1A5.3090700%40gmail.com%3e> I'd just like to wave the flag here as someone else horribly frustrated with 5.1 on a snd_hda_intel driven card. Mine's on an Asus A8N-VM CSM board, but the problems sound the same. If anyone could get it working then I'm sure quite a few people would be very happy :) I've already torn out a lot of hair... Cheers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
