On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 03:22 -0800, Kenneth Porter wrote: > --On Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:52 PM +0200 Gilboa Davara > <gilboada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Anyways, which sound driver do you use? Alsa or OSS? > > How would I know? From Per's message I'm guessing ALSA is the default and I > haven't tried starting it yet with other arguments. > > > More-ever, how did you configure it? > > I didn't, as I haven't researched the Linux audio architecture. > > > I had severe sound problem with Doom3 (choppy sound) till I tweaked my > > Alsa configuration. > > Once I configured Alsa, I got a clear 5.1 sound out my Audigy 2ZS / > > Logitech speakers setup. > > Good to know. Now I just need to know where the ALSA "knobs" are to tweak. > > Looking at the Doom3 FAQ, it looks like the knobs are in the app (ie. the > Q4 command line), not system-wide. I'll report back after fiddling with the > command line. > Try starting quake 4 with +set s_driver alsa +set s_alsa_pcm surround51 +set s_numberOfSpeakers 6 (Or surround40/20/etc if you have less speakers.) Gilboa
