linux and soundcards

[Alex Snow]

Ok I'll grab that version and see if I can get it to work.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Myrow" <amyrow at midsouth.rr.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: linux and soundcards


> It's true that the kernel driver doesn't support full duplex which
> translates to a lot of trouble with Speak Freely.  I've had good luck with
> the older Alsa 0.5.12A with my SB AWE64.  This is basically an SB16 with
> enhanced MIDI capabilities.  I had no end of trouble with the newer
> releases and the developer who I finally got in touch with claimed that
> there was a hardware bug in the SB16 cards.  If that were the case, no
> driver would work with them.  So, if you are going to use Alsa on an old
> card, stick with the old version.  That's my advice.
>
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