Re: Xi Graphics avail in India ??

[Prakash Advani <prakash@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Has anyone had any success in running a Sound Blaster Live on Red Hat
6.0? Creative has drivers on its website but that didn't work.

Regards
Prakash

prasad wrote:
> 
> Regarding Yamaha cards , my experience is similar to Atuls.
> One of the cards (brand name Mercury , I think) was so
> simple to config under Linux (PCQ RH 5.2) that I recommended
> this card to a friend. And could never get that card to work!
> 
> I also have an ESS1869 based card which worked perfectly with
> RH 5.0 when I chose Soundblaster in sndconfig. In RH 5.2 , it
> detected the card , but I could never get it going using
> sndconfig. Fortunately , I had a saved copy of the old
> conf.modules and it continues to work as a Soundblaster.
> On the other hand , creative Soundblaster 16 was the
> easiest card I ever used , under RH 5.0 as well as 5.2.
> 
> Have had no probs so far with SiS 6326 (AGP) and Trident 9750/9850
> on RH5.2 (though XConfigurator does not list these cards, it can
> be made to work using unlisted card) and I have tried at least
> two cards of each chipset , bought at different times.
> 
> I also agree that the whole market seems to have the same card
> at a particular time (some huge consignment, I guess). And you
> only get the dumbest, cheapest hardware (at most GIDs). They haven't
> heard of , or pretend not to have heard of , any card other
> than the one they currently have. They only talk in generic
> terms - sound card , 4 MB AGP card etc. A few may know the chipset,
> but will push whatever they have very hard , without
> knowing anything about it! I think there is definitely a
> market for knowledgeable dealers.
> 
> - Prasad
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