Hi all, I've been trying to get the Crystal Sound (CS4205) notebook (Dell Inspiron 8200) soundcard to work with both OSS and Alsa (although I would prefer to get Alsa working rather than OSS), but it seems that both drivers have insufficient info about this card to get it to work. I did get it to "spit-out" sound, but that is the extent of it. I am using intel8x0 audio driver (since CS4205 seems to be just the AC97 codec while the Intel's chip does the work), but it only allows me non-duplex operation which is horrible for any kind of serious audio purposes.
If I try to use it in full-duplex in Alsa or commercial OSS (OSS free does not allow it at all), then I get junk from the output. This is rather unfortunate since it seems that the latest Dell notebooks are THX certified in terms of their audio capabilities which makes me think that this soundcard can pack some punch (noise level so far is extremely low), but this is unfortunately impossible in Linux as of right now. So, my question is does anyone know if there are any specs and or plans on fixing this issue so that the laptop can be used in Linux? Any help/insight regarding this issue would be greatly appreciated! Sincerely, Ico _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
