SBLIVE EUM1OK1X Drivers with Mandrake 9.1

Question

ok so is it possible at all to make this work? i hear the www.opensound.com drivers work. but has anyone used them and actually had them work? PLEASE HELP!! dell has really let me down this time..ive purchased over 10 computers from them and they offered me no help whatsoever and were actually quite rude to me...

rsanjiv · Answer

Hi,

Here is the link :

http://www.opensound.com/download.cgi

I installed the driver a few days back. However, so far I am able to play only mp3s. As somebody in a linux forum pointed out, that may be due to the absence of a connection between my CD ROM and the soundcard (and hence, not a problem with the sound card). By the way, my machine is a brand new DELL 4600. So, if yours is a new machine too, you too can expect the same problem! The sound quality is not that great. There is some hissing and I am getting a low but audible beeping sound every 10 seconds or so.

The installation files get stored in /etc/lib/oss/. As part of the installation itself, there is an automatic check done to see if the speakers are working. If that works fine, I guess you are ready to listen to music (atleast mp3s).

Regards,

Sanjiv

lleonard · Answer

I tried the Open Sound System drivers and found them unsatisfactory in all aspects (sound, feature set, and stability). I also don't recommend them as a solution, because they are a commercial product. For not much more than what you will pay to license this product, you can buy a replacement card. Message Edited by lleonard on 11-15-2003 08:59 AM

Middelburg · Answer

Its a blody shame that Dell still doesnot mention that the Dell SB live has a chipset which is not linux compatable. How many buyers have to be disappointed again!!!!! They know it but do nothing!!!

For that I hate DELL!

dfrandin · Answer

I'm running Mandrake 9 on a Dim4550 with the accursed Dell-SB card, and like the previous poster mentioned, the OSS driver -WAS- $#@$@#$.. However, I recently tried
it again, (why I don't know...), but they must have done more work on them, as they work fine now, both under Mandrake9/SuSe8 and just now, Fedora Core 1. I last tried the OSS drivers back in June, and they were bad.. I could not play any WAV/MP3 under XMMS and do ANYTHING else on the machine w/o getting all sorts of dropouts/weird chirps/etc.. This was under Gnome or KDE..and on a 2.53Ghz/768mb machine ... This time around, they work fine.. Try 'em again (YMMV) BTW: They now have a special $15 license fee vs the previous $30+ fee.. (no, I don't work for them...)

dave

Middelburg · Answer

The bad thing about the budget OSS drivers I think is

"You are entitled to FREE upgrades for OSS for only the operating system you purchased OSS for. If your operating system kernel changes and if there is a version of OSS for that kernel version, you can obtain a FREE upgrade. Free upgrades are provided for one(1) year for the date of purchase"

I think one year is to limited I solved my issue by selling the soundcard, and buyng another one. I bougt a SB 4.1 digital. http://uk.europe.creative.com/estore/product.asp?prod=251 Not as advanced as the SB live, but enough for my 2.1 speaker system.

Skorpyo · Answer

This may not apply to all of us, but I have the Dimension 4600 with the 3.2 and the Mobo has an onboard audio controller. You'd never guess it looking at the rear, but if there's a slightly raised little patch below the mouse and keyboard plugs , use a knife to pry it off and viola, your onboard sound card. Go into the bios and enable it. I for one pulled the Creative card out and sold it to a buddy for $25 (good ridance) and then preformed a re-install of mandrake 9.2. It loaded up the ALSA drivers for the card and now I'm sitting here listening to motzart on stereo headspeakers.

Skorpyo

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