CentOS - Aug 2013 - USB Audio sound card

All-

Ah, the saga of the 1U workstation continues. So, in all my work configuring
the thing, I completely forgot about AUDIO; I only realized my mistake when I
went on a cable-measuring expedition this morning.  Unfortunately, none of the
1U servers I've been looking at come with audio outputs (there aren't
even
audio headers on the motherboard), and I've used the only availabnle slot
for
my fancy graphics card!

Now, a lesser (or maybe smarter) individual would give up at this point, and
go back to MiniITX or a 2U rackmount (if I could find a short-depth one).
"Nay!" I say.  What about USB Audio? I don't need 5.1 or 7.1 audio
here; I'm
plugging in a Dell monitor soundbar.  A quick search of the web says that yes,
these devices will work under CentOS and show up as /dev/dspX devices. So, do
devices like these:

SYBA SD-CM-UAUD USB Stereo Audio Adapter
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186035

Turtle Beach Audio Advantage Amigo II USB Interface Sound Card & Headset
Adapter
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829118008

StarTech ICUSBAUDIO USB to Stereo Audio Adapter Converter
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829128002

work under CentOS 6? Is there one that anyone can recommend?

-G.
--
Glenn Eychaner (geychaner at lco.cl)
Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 03:11:39PM -0400, Glenn Eychaner
wrote:
> All-
> 
> Ah, the saga of the 1U workstation continues. So, in all my work
configuring
> the thing, I completely forgot about AUDIO; I only realized my mistake when
I
> went on a cable-measuring expedition this morning.  Unfortunately, none of
the
> 1U servers I've been looking at come with audio outputs (there
aren't even
> audio headers on the motherboard), and I've used the only availabnle
slot for
> my fancy graphics card!
> 
> Now, a lesser (or maybe smarter) individual would give up at this point,
and
> go back to MiniITX or a 2U rackmount (if I could find a short-depth one).
> "Nay!" I say.  What about USB Audio? I don't need 5.1 or 7.1
audio here; I'm
> plugging in a Dell monitor soundbar.  A quick search of the web says that
yes,
> these devices will work under CentOS and show up as /dev/dspX devices. So,
do
> devices like these:
> 
> SYBA SD-CM-UAUD USB Stereo Audio Adapter
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186035
for this one, here are the customer review pages that mention Linux:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=12-186-035&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=linux&Page=1#scrollFullInfo

> 
> Turtle Beach Audio Advantage Amigo II USB Interface Sound Card &
Headset Adapter
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829118008
and here are the linux customer reviews for the turtle beach:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=29-118-008&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=linux&Page=1#scrollFullInfo
> 
> StarTech ICUSBAUDIO USB to Stereo Audio Adapter Converter
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829128002
and for the startech one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=29-128-002&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=linux&Page=1#scrollFullInfo
> 
> work under CentOS 6? Is there one that anyone can recommend?
> 
> -G.
> --
> Glenn Eychaner (geychaner at lco.cl)
> Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory
> 
> 
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On Aug 22, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Glenn Eychaner <geychaner at mac.com> wrote:
> A quick search of the web says that yes,
> these devices will work under CentOS and show up as /dev/dspX devices. So,
do
> devices like these:
I apologize.  I should have said here "A quick search of the web (and the
NewEgg
comments) indicates that these devices generally work under *Linux*, but do they
work in CentOS 6?

[I have found in the past that "Works in Ubuntu YY.MM", "Works in
Fedora N", do
not always imply "Works in CentOS/RHEL" ; the driver support in
CentOS/RHEL
is sometimes more spartan than the cutting-edge distros. Of course, most of my
experience is with CentOS 5; I only recently moved forward to CentOS 6 after
extensive testing. What can I say? I'm as "cutting edge" as a dull
butter knife.]
> SYBA SD-CM-UAUD USB Stereo Audio Adapter
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186035
> Turtle Beach Audio Advantage Amigo II USB Interface Sound Card &
Headset Adapter
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829118008
> StarTech ICUSBAUDIO USB to Stereo Audio Adapter Converter
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829128002

-G.
--
Glenn Eychaner (geychaner at lco.cl)
Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory