The AUreal drivers really do work excelently under linux. And yes, I
believe that they sound better under linux since linux has the output gain
that windows does not. However, one needs to be aware that as of 1 month
ago, even the aureal dirvers for the developmental kernels do not work with
2.99 pre 8 or 9. They will compile and install ok, but when you run gnome
or kde it will crash your system. They are aware of such problems. It lies
in the ESD and KDSound Daemon. Or something like that.
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 11:07 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Very nice
I do hope you know that the Aureal 8830 card works wonderfully under linux
if you install the right drivers for it. http://linux.a3d.com I believe it
almost sounds better under linux than it does in Windows. ;) Incidently the
card I tested this on was a Diamond MX300 but it should should with any
Aureal 8830, 8820, 8810 card. Make sure you read the install instructions
base on which chipset your card has... And I'm not so lazy that I can't type
"make install" to install a sound card. Beats the heck out of the things you
used to have to do in DOS! hehe
----- Original Message -----
From: Necrotica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 10:33 PM
Subject: [Cooker] Very nice
> Kudos to the Mandrake developers.
>
> Until tonight I had been using an Aureal 8830 sound card. Tonight I broke
down
> and picked up an SB Live!. I removed the old card, inserted the new one,
Kudzu
> caught it, configured it, and it was done. First boot - there was sound.
It
> took longer and was slightly more complicated to get it working under
Windows.
> Its features like this that seperates Mandrake from other distros. I'm
> extremely impressed!
>
> Good job! Thanks!!
>
> -Chris
>
