On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 10:23:56AM +1100, Jason Rennie uttered:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm buying a new sound card (among other bits and peices) for a machine.
>
You're late. I bought my new sound card a month ago. :-)
> I'm taking this opportunity to get rid of the qureal vortex based card in
> the machine, but to poor linux support.
>
Ouchie.
> Now I have a choice between an SB Live and a Vibra 128 PCI.
>
Ah! I've had both cards in my (Linux only) workstation. At the same time too. (I've
since lent the Vibra128 to a mate.) Having 2 sound cards was very fun. :-)
> What is the linux support like for these cards ??
>
By the live. :-)
The Vibra128 is "noiser", and the Live has a better driver (now, anyway), and it will
serve you well. :-)
Anyhoo, whichever you pick:
Vibra128. The module you need is "ES1371"
Live!. The module you need is "EMU10K1"
(Those are the kernel modules, too) You can run ALSA if you want, but then i don't
know. I do know both cards are supported under ALSA. The Live! was removed from the
ALSA blacklist when Creative launched opensource.creative.com.
It was also harder getting both of these cards working together in Windows.
The Live! was a bitch in itself, as well.
Linux: Insert modules, adjust volume, blow thyself away...
Windows: Detect cards. See that the cards clash. <Snip out 45 minutes of hacking and
swearing.> Give up.
> Jason
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