How do you think Dell will react considering the card works perfectly well with XP Pro?
Also, where did the Audigy 2 drivers for linux come from? I've googled and tried Cooker and I cannot find any for Linux. On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 12:59, Charlie M. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > October 4, 2003 07:10 am, J. Kelley Jernigan wrote: > > Has anyone had any success getting the Audigy 2 sound card to work on > > MDK 9.1? > > I have one in a new Dell 8300 and it doesn't work at all. > > I have Goggled for answers and it looks like this card is not supported > > by Linux. > > > > Thanks. > > Call Dell and scream for a replacement for the card. The version "OEM-ed" for > Dell has been crippled and won't use the audigy2 drivers. > > Seen it before and had to yell until the customer was sent a replacement. I > don't remember the details, but I know a Dell supplied OEM Audigy2 ain't the > same as an off the shelf version. > > Ah, here we are. Copied from a bugzilla report that confirms what I thought I > remembered <g>: > > "The problem with Dell's Sound Blaster Live is that their new computers > ship with sound cards that have the DSP chip crippled so that all sound > processing functions take place in software rather than hardware (like a > WinModem). Creative and Dell have no solution to this, but I got Dell to send > me a replacement Sound Blaster Audigy 2." > > Good luck; > Charlie > - -- > Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org > Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk > 10:53:51 up 14 days, 14 min, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.06, 0.09 > Hey, wait a minute!! I want a divorce!! ... you're not Clint Eastwood!! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/fvxdG11CaRuZZSIRAmgSAJ9ydWWxln/pmENvWiMBVas+ycmcSQCgldb8 > jNs5XOcTn3ncF+herV5qFag= > =bGeN > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- J. Kelley Jernigan - Registered Linux User # 282143 Mandrake 9.1 http://www.hovercraftersresource.com - "If what you believe does not reflect truth, then what you feel does not reflect reality." Neil Anderson
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