Audigy LS and Ubuntu

[Bnonn]

Heh, thanks. I was sort of afraid of that. So, time to head over to 
kernel.org then. I'm correct in assuming the kernel source goes in 
</usr/src/linux>, right?

I shall do some research on patching; I have a feeling I might need to 
come crying for help once I break my system, but I'm not giving up on 
this. That Audigy is going to play me lovely sounds if it's the last 
thing that ever happens.

Mike White wrote:
> 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. :)
> 
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