On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Mark Constable wrote: > On 2007-09-25 16:09, Mark Constable wrote: >> I have a Tascam US-122 USB soundcard on a newish Abit AN-M2 >> (nForce4) using both ArchLinux 64bit and Kubuntu 32bit distros >> with a 2.6.22 kernel. Onboard MCP67 (snd_hda_intel) audio seems >> fine but audio in and out the snd_usb_usx2y driver is distorted. Sorry, exactly what usb card is it? >> I've tried nrpacks=1 which is the only tweak I could find by >> Googling. A 32bit ArchLinux install on an older machine with >> the same kernel is (always has been) just fine with this US-122 >> external soundcard. I thought it may have been a 64bit problem >> but the 32bit Kubuntu install is the same so the main >> difference is the mainboard and SMP CPU. > > FWIW I took the hard drive out of my old 32bit/2.6.22 kernel > system (VIA K8 / AMD2800+ uniprocessor) and put into my new > nForce4 / AMD6000+ SMP processor system and, sure enough, the > sound is now distorted. So exactly the same driver + kernel + > apps (that worked fine in my older VIA system) in a different > mainboard + CPU environment now has unusable distorted sound > out the USB soundcard. > > I guess my next step is to roll a new kernel with ALSA from > CVS, and if that doesn't work, I'll try the Opensound drivers. Why would you want to recompile your kernel? Just recompile Alsa 1.0.15rcx and install the drivers ( make install) Ie, ./configure make make install in the alsa-driver directory. > > --markc > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > -- William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
