[caramelsoul]

I can recommend Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. Im a total n00b with Linux but this is a breeze to use.

Has anyone tried the 0404 drivers out yet?

 

[varro]

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Originally Posted by caramelsoul /img/forum/go_quote.gif I can recommend Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. Im a total n00b with Linux but this is a breeze to use. Has anyone tried the 0404 drivers out yet?

I tried it in january and it worked fine (with suse).

 

[JeffL]

This is good news, but the 1.0.14 drivers don't contain the emu10k1-fpga module, even though they say they do.

False advertising, anyone?

 

[Drewpy]

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Originally Posted by JeffL /img/forum/go_quote.gif This is good news, but the 1.0.14 drivers don't contain the emu10k1-fpga module, even though they say they do. False advertising, anyone?

If you read the ALSA support page for Creative Labs products it says the 0404 (along with the various 1616 models) will be supported in version 1.0.15

Only the 1212m and 1820m are supported in 1.0.14

 

[JeffL]

I did read that, and those cards use the same module (which isn't there).

 

[JeffL]

It turns out that the instructions to compile the module are wrong (!). The module name is emu10k1, NOT emu10k1-fpga.

If your distro includes Alsa 1.0.14, it already has the EMU 1212m and EMU 1820m drivers. All other PCI/PC-Card based EMU hardware will have support whenever Alsa releases 1.0.15.

 

[Steve Coal]

I noticed that you can download the 1.0.15rc1 drivers which are supposed to have support for the 0404. For the life of me I can't get the drivers to work, i've installed each of the different packages and had no difficulties with doing so, yet even after a reboot my soundcard is undetected. I'm using Ubuntu 7.04 by the way. It looks like i'll just have to wait until the actual 1.0.15 is released in the form of an Ubuntu update...

I just don't have the skills, hehe.

 

[JeffL]

I played around with the new drivers, but while I can compile the module okay, I can't get the module to load into the kernel (this is assuming the new module has support for the 0404, even). The error in the kernel log is "snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_boolean_mono_info."

I was looking through the code, and I found a #define directive which probably was in error.

Anyway, the release of 1.0.15rc1 is good news, as it means the final release should be here soon.

 

[JeffL]

Turns out that I needed to compile the new version of the alsa-libs. Anyway, the module would load, but wouldn't detect the EMU 0404 properly and it would not initialize. I really wish I could get this working. I'm digging through the ALSA bugtracker now

 

[fuzydice]

the 0404 has a hardware mixer, right?

 

[caramelsoul]

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Originally Posted by JeffL /img/forum/go_quote.gif Turns out that I needed to compile the new version of the alsa-libs. Anyway, the module would load, but wouldn't detect the EMU 0404 properly and it would not initialize. I really wish I could get this working. I'm digging through the ALSA bugtracker now

Sounds promising, cant wait til its ready. My PC will be complete.

 

[Steve Coal]

Some new release candidate (alsa-driver-1.0.15rc2, alsa-lib-1.0.15rc2, pyalsa-1.0.15rc2) packages have been released today. Has anybody tried them out yet? I can't tell if the changes from rc1 to rc2 fix the problem most of us were having with the rc1 packages... It looks like this change: "Avoid SOC for 2.6.9 or older kernels" (fromt he changelog) might be the fix for our problems, but I don't know what SOC means.

 

[JeffL]

I will try the new drivers out tonight and post back as soon as I can.

 

[JeffL]

I suppose it's worth mentioning that the 1.0.15 Alsa drivers have been finally released. If you're using a decent distro (*cough* arch linux *cough*) you should already have what you need to get up and running. I will test things out and get back later with results