On 2 Sep 2001, Brian Nelson wrote: > I upgraded my kernel to 2.4.9 to try out the updated emu10k1 drivers > for my SB Live soundcard. However, the newer drivers sound like > crap. The sound is somewhat distorted, tinny, and lacking in bass. > It doesn't matter if I'm playing a wav, mp3, or ogg. All suck.
Sounds like the inversion problem Daniel Bertrand corrected a while ago. > Reverting back to my old 2.4.6 kernel corrects everything. Pre-2.4.8 kernels have a much older emu10k1 driver (v0.7 vs. v0.15 in 2.4.8+). It's recommended that you track cvs. > Has anyone else noticed this? Why update a "stable" kernel with a > broken driver? It happens, just keep abreast of the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a feeling another patch will be sent to Linus and Alan quite soon. --- Dan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG key: www.cs.unc.edu/~chenda/pubkey.gpg.asc
