[linux-audio-user] Dead soundcard, or what?

Paul Winkler pw_lists at slinkp.com
Tue Mar 20 18:54:43 EDT 2007


On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 11:13:06PM +0100, Arnold Krille wrote:
> 2007/3/20, Paul Winkler <pw_lists at slinkp.com>:
> >Oh well. Any recommendations for a consumer-grade card?
> >My needs are modest:
> >- a place to attach the cable from my CD-ROM
> >- Quake3 can open it using mmap
> >- headphone output sounds tolerably decent
> >- hopefully will last another 4 years or so :)
> >For everything else I use a Delta 66.
> 
> Anything that costs less then 50??? should suffice if there is a
> linux-driver for it...

Well, not necessarily.  mmap support in oss emulation (I forgot to
mention that part!) does not seem to be universal, and it's almost the
only thing I care about in this card.  I play quake3 quite a bit (yes,
still!); it's so old it uses OSS only and requires mmap access to the
card.

Just to name one example that doesn't work, the nVidia CK804 AC'97 on
my motherboard mostly works - but mmap doesn't work, so no quake.
Some preliminary googling turned up several other cards that
apparently won't work for me (AudioScience cards, Fortemedia FM801).

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Paul Winkler
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