Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 2
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.8.1-12mdk
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Distribution:
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Mandrake 10.1
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This device is compatible with ALSA later than 1.0.5 however the driver a beta and it shows. Although the driver is stable the sound quality is horrible, crackling can be heard.
Sounds is jumpy or non-functional when outputting via the ALSA libraries of most programs. Like the device is cycling on and off rapidly. Outputting to the device through OSS emulation improves sound quality and stops the jumps but still is well below where it should be.
The joystick port does not work, surround features are untested.
The driver is not included with Mandrake because it is a beta, the driver must be obtained by compiling ALSA manually. The easiest way for me was to compile the ALSA version Mandrake 10.1 uses and copy the snd-emu10k1x.ko module into place, installing the new ALSA causes conflicts.
Avoid this piece of hardware if possible.
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