I have a Packard Bell EasyNote E3, running SuSE 9.0 YaST2 has detected the sound card can configured it for me. Resulting /proc values are below/attached.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/asound> cat cards 0 [V8235 ]: VIA8233 - VIA 8235 VIA 8235 at 0xe100, irq 5 Attached /proc/asound/card0/ac97#0 But it seems the card's clock is set to 48kHz, which means that ALSA hw0 refuses to set CD rate 44.1kHz. (Which means PortAudio tests fail.) I can see a number of discussions about this kind of card in the archive, but don't yet understand what I should set and why. The YaST2 setup tool allows me (if I go for advanced option) to set: snd_ac97_clock (defaults to 48000) snd_dxs_support (0=auto, 1=enable, 2=disable, 3=48k only) snd_mpu_port Presumably that gets written to a config file somewhere which I could hunt down and change manually if necessary. What is dxs support? What are the advantages or otherwise of setting clock to 44100 vs 48000? I would rather CD rate didn't have to be resampled, but what uses 48kHz rate? I want this to play music (CD, MP3 via xmms) and possibly also playing DVDs. Also for development of my speech synthesis work - need some rate "about" 10kHz, with OSS I used CD/4, but 48kHz/4 would do just as well.
0-0/0: Realtek ALC200/200P rev 0 Capabilities : -headphone out- DAC resolution : 18-bit ADC resolution : 18-bit 3D enhancement : Realtek 3D Stereo Enhancement Current setup Mic gain : +0dB [+0dB] POP path : pre 3D Sim. stereo : off 3D enhancement : off Loudness : off Mono output : MIX Mic select : Mic1 ADC/DAC loopback : off Extended ID : codec=0 rev=1 AMAP DSA=0 SPDIF VRA Extended status : SPCV SPDIF=res SPDIF VRA PCM front DAC : 48000Hz PCM ADC : 48000Hz SPDIF Control : Consumer PCM Category=0x2 Generation=1 Rate=48kHz