Aureal Soundcards

Support knowledgebase (randall_aureal)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions 6.1 to 7.0
This article refers to an older version of SuSE Linux. Therefore some of the informations given in this article may be outdated or the article may contain stale links.

Kernel: Versions 2.2.5 to 2.2.18

Request:

To enable a soundcard containing a chipset from Aureal. The chipsets are known as: Vortex1 (Au8820), Vortex2 (Au8830), and Vortex Advantage chipsets (Au8810). This works only for uniprocessor x86 machines.

You need:

Special note:

With SuSE Linux 7.1 and Kernel 2.4.x read the SDB article 'Installation of soundcards with Aureal Vortex chip'.

Procedure: