[kwlug-disc] Linux supported sound cards

[Chris Craig]

Cranky said:
> I just found out the other day that the sound card (Creative Labs Audigy FX) in my dual boot desktop doesn't have Linux
> drivers (specifically, Ubuntu).

Yes it does, it's a Realtek ALC898 based card which is supported by
the snd_hda_intel module.

I imagine the problem you're having is due to an on-board card that's
registering as card0 (the default), leaving the Audigy FX as card1.

Dealing with multiple sound cards has always been a pain, here's some
people having similar trouble:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/getting-a-soundblaster-audigy-fx-to-work-4175505881/

On 1 September 2015 at 14:07, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone...
>
> I just found out the other day that the sound card (Creative Labs Audigy FX)
> in my dual boot desktop doesn't have Linux drivers (specifically, Ubuntu).
> Windows side works fine.  In travelling around Creative Labs' website, I
> noticed a serious lack of Linux commitment from CL.
>
> Does anyone have experience with any sort of PCI-e sound card that has
> available Linux drivers?  I value "cheap" over "lots of flashy lights".  And
> being half deaf, I don't really care for some audiophile-level sound
> machine, just something that can drive my external speakers reasonably well
> (the sound card on the motherboard has issues, thus my need for a separate
> card).
>
>
>
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