Audigy LS and Ubuntu

[Mike White]

Bnonn wrote:

> Hi everyone, I have a Creative Soundblaster Audigy LS which I'm trying 
> to get working in Ubuntu. I understand that the LS is supported by Alsa 
> 1.0.7. Since I had installed Warty (which comes with 1.0.5), I added all 
> of Hoary's repos to my repo list, and did an apt-get update && apt-get 
> upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade (whether or not this means I am 
> technically running Hoary now I am not entirely certain; could someone 
> clarify?)
> 
> Synaptic now lists my current Alsa version as being 1.0.7, which is what 
> I need for Audigy LS support, however I'm not sure what else I need to 
> do to get Ubuntu to recognize the soundcard and load the drivers for it. 
> Alsamixer currently only shows my BT TV card. The soundcard shows up ok 
> in the device manager, and I know it's working. I'm just not sure what 
> manual steps are needed to configure it correctly.


ALSA kernel drivers are actually inside the 2.6 kernel.  You'll probably 
have to do something like this:

1. get kernel source for currently installed kernel
2. patch it with alsa 1.0.7
3. recompile
4. shoot self in head

I could be wrong.  This is what i found out shortly before i returned my 
Audigy LS. :)