[ale] Sound problems

[Scott Castaline]

Jim Kinney wrote:
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> Unless this is a really new chipset, try an older kernel. Often new 
> sound changes break older chips and then get fixed in a update to the 
> kernel.
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> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:34 PM, Scott Castaline <hscast at charter.net 
> <mailto:hscast at charter.net>> wrote:
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>     Does anyone have any idea on a possible fix for the Realtek ALC889A
>     codec? My current F 9 install apparently must have issues with the
>     driver(s). The sounds this thing projects are like the sound effects
>     from a really bad scifi flick from the 50's. What is supposed to be a
>     click is a ring playing through a fuzzbox on an old stratocaster,
>     with a
>     little wow to it. I see lots of posts about related problems with
>     these
>     chips, but no solutions. If there ain't no fix, does anyone have any
>     suggestions for a sound card?  Most of the HCLs that I've dug through
>     have recent posts of 2006, and I can't seem to find any of those in
>     todays market.
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Nope, it's a fairly new chip. It's aka HDA-nVidia. It may be too soon 
for a linux driver to be available for it. In the mean time I think I 
might get another sound card, do you have any recommendations?