From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18a2nd-0004XM-00 for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 18:54:53 -0500 Received: (qmail 22711 invoked by uid 1023); 18 Jan 2003 23:54:13 -0000 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 17:54:13 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: linux and soundcards Message-ID: <20030118235413.GA22704@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <000901c2bf3b$cd663b40$6401a8c0@newt1.ct.charter.com> <20030118230345.GA22461@romuald.net.eu.org> <001501c2bf4a$b85ec960$6401a8c0@newt1.ct.charter.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001501c2bf4a$b85ec960$6401a8c0@newt1.ct.charter.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yes. If you plan to use sound heavily, the kernel drivers are not the way to go. However, the machine that I have my sb16 card in is not used very much. I especially don't do a lot on it with sound, just because I use my newer boxes for that. Greg On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 06:38:34PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > Ok I may try that. I have heard that the kernel driver is not as good as > alsa, especially when getting speakfreely to work. Is this true? > -- > A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up > yours!"