Oh yes, I know that the Aureal card works under Linux. Been using it for
months. However, I was tired of hacking in order to get it to work with
stuff, such as UT. I'm a systems engineer and spend every day of my
mucking with things that don't work perfectly. When I get home and start
using my machine I want to take a break. :)
-Chris
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Tim wrote:
> I do hope you know that the Aureal 8830 card works wonderfully under linux
> if you install the right drivers for it. http://linux.a3d.com I believe it
> almost sounds better under linux than it does in Windows. ;) Incidently the
> card I tested this on was a Diamond MX300 but it should should with any
> Aureal 8830, 8820, 8810 card. Make sure you read the install instructions
> base on which chipset your card has... And I'm not so lazy that I can't type
> "make install" to install a sound card. Beats the heck out of the things you
> used to have to do in DOS! hehe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Necrotica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 10:33 PM
> Subject: [Cooker] Very nice
>
>
> > Kudos to the Mandrake developers.
> >
> > Until tonight I had been using an Aureal 8830 sound card. Tonight I broke
> down
> > and picked up an SB Live!. I removed the old card, inserted the new one,
> Kudzu
> > caught it, configured it, and it was done. First boot - there was sound.
> It
> > took longer and was slightly more complicated to get it working under
> Windows.
> > Its features like this that seperates Mandrake from other distros. I'm
> > extremely impressed!
> >
> > Good job! Thanks!!
> >
> > -Chris
> >
>
