[Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-08 Thread jed
Is support for this coming soon? How does using ALSA compare to using drivers developed by the vender specifically for Windows? i.e. Will I not be getting most out of this card (hardware-wise) if I'm not using the drivers Asus developed, or is the difference negligible? Cheers, Jed P.S. love th

[Alsa-user] ALC262 & surround channels?

2009-02-08 Thread Thomas N McEwan
I've got a Zepto A15 laptop with, I think, an ALC262/Intel-HDA codec built in, with two 3.5mm jacks labelled as headphone and microphone, plus integral speakers and supposedly optical SPDIF output. According to the ALC262 data sheet, this sound chip, like many others, is capable of reconfiguring a

Re: [Alsa-user] Problem with snd-ens1371

2009-02-08 Thread Sergei Steshenko
I vaguely remember there was a problem with snd-ens1371, and the problem was introduced by kernel and/or ALSA developers, and then there was an attempt to apply a patch that would reenable OSS support for the card. It wasn't me who had the problem, that's why I onlu vaguely remember all this. My