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o.besner

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From: Quebec, Canada

Registered: 2008-05-26

Posts: 8

Installing a new soundcard tonight -- Anything I should know? [Solved]

Hi,

I'm replacing my current sucky on-board audio (AC97 on an Asus A8N) to a Auzentech X-plosion
link - (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? … =AuzenTech)

I have googled it and I'm pretty sure it works with Kernel 2.6.27. Houray ! Also, there is a linux driver on the manufacturer's website.

What I want to know is :

1) Is there anything I must do/not do when I change my hardware under Linux ? Xorg ? Modules ? Kernel ? ALSA ?
2) Must I change anything in my rc.conf ?

Here is the list of my rc.conf modules right now :

MODULES=(evdev forcedeth slhc ac97_bus snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-seq-oss
snd-seq-device snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc
snd-pcm snd-rawmidi snd-timer snd snd-mpu401-uart snd-mpu401
snd-ac97-codec snd-intel8x0 soundcore snd-usb-audio snd-usb-lib !pcspkr nvidia fuse loop)

Thanks. I'll disable the onboard in the BIOS. I just want to make sure that my PC will still work, and work well, next time I boot !

Last edited by o.besner (2008-12-03 12:23:05)

LTSmash

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From: Aguascalientes - Mexico

Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 348

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Re: Installing a new soundcard tonight -- Anything I should know? [Solved]

Just try and boot it, if it gives you no sound cuz its unsupported, try OSSv4, from the repos... check the OSS wiki page for details. Don't forget to lower your speakers volume please.

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o.besner

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From: Quebec, Canada

Registered: 2008-05-26

Posts: 8

Re: Installing a new soundcard tonight -- Anything I should know? [Solved]

I had to install alsa-firmware for the AUR, and then do alsaconfig, and it worked ! Without the alsa-firmware package it didn't though.

It got spooky though. I tried everything I knew, and lsusb still doesn't correctly name the device. Oh well. It was easier to setup than on my Windows XP partition where the computer just rebooted spontaneously.

I should have lowered the sound before. That was wise indeed, LTSmash.

Is there a way I can mark this thread as solved ?

pyther

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Registered: 2008-01-21

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Re: Installing a new soundcard tonight -- Anything I should know? [Solved]

Edit your first post, there'll be a section for the title.

And as a side note, in theory you should be able to swap out motherboards and boot in the same existing linux install (this assumes you have a default arch kernel, i.e. not custom compiled) and to get everything to work,  you might need to tweak the MODULES=() in rc.conf, but besides that it should "just work"!

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