PCI Express SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:47:35 -0700, Linda Hammans wrote:

> Does anyone know if PCI Express SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio is compatible with
> Jaunty?

I don't think so:

http://connect.creativelabs.com/opensource/Wiki/SoundCard Support.aspx
says even Creative's own Linux driver doesn't support that card: 

<quote>

This download is intended for the following audio devices only:

    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro 
    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty®
    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic

<snip>

X-Fi Xtreme Audio ( SB0790    {Not 20k1 chipset})
      Not sure if this driver works quite yet.  Needs to be tested.  
      See the latest ALSA-Project driver for Module snd-ca0106
      At the time of this writing, ALSA does not yet state X-Fi Xtreme   
Audio, but the source code does contain it.

</quote>

ALSA has an experimental driver for _some_  X-Fi cards, but remember a 
small difference in name can mean _very_ different hardware (Creative 
labs seems good at that ;-) :

http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2009-May/017332.html

> Also, does Jaunty support surround sound?

Depends on the soundcard and what surround sound you want, but there are 
a lot of supported cards that can do surround sound.

Linda

Good luck!

    -Frans