On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 02:12:29PM -0400, Thierry Vignaud wrote: > > uh ? oss mixer *SHOULD* works.
Perhaps it should. Perhaps I am just not loading the right alsa modules for the OSS mixer shim. > > If 8.3/9.0 is going to use Alsa 0.9 (maybe it will be 1.0 by that > > time), the need for the use of OSS shims should be eliminated. > > NO, not at all, oss compatibilty is there ! Maybe it is, but it should not be used by any Mandrake packages. I won't argue that OSS compatibility should be maintained. It should just not be used by any of the Mandrake packaged software. It should all use the Alsa interface. > > You get better control of the hardware if you use the native Alsa > > interface rather than the OSS shims anyway. > > indeed This should be reason enough to use it. The difference in the controls between the Alsa mixers (alsamixer, gamix) and the OSS mixers is astounding! I never knew my soundcard had so many switches and controls until I tried using a native Alsa interface mixer on it. b. -- Brian J. Murrell
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