Re: es1888 audio and PWS500au

Brian Parkhurst <[email protected]> Tue, 28 May 2013 21:47:07 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.alpha
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Can't help you there.  Have never bothered with the sound as I'm using 
my alpha mostly as a web server and remote X server.



On 5/28/2013 18:39, Don Wilburn wrote:
> My alpha has a built-in ES1888 sound card on its ISA bus.  Does anyone
> have one that works?
>
> This old thread indicates that there are hardware problems:
> http://osdir.com/ml/linux.ports.alpha/2008-03/msg00056.html
>
> Alsa and the snd-es18xx modules load fine, the mixer works, nothing is
> muted, etc.  Trying a wav file with aplay gives some pcm error.
>
> The obvious solution is to scare up a PCI sound card.  It would be nice
> if someone could tell me the built-in card works for them.
>
> Adios,  DW
>