"Brian J. Murrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > uh ? oss mixer *SHOULD* works. > > Perhaps it should. Perhaps I am just not loading the right alsa > modules for the OSS mixer shim.
you've s/snd-card/snd/ in your /etc/modules.conf and update to last initscripts (and checking the newer alsa service release hasn't be created as /etc/init.d/alsa.rpmnew) ? > > > 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. no. there's no reason to rewrite a soft that just works smoothly. alsa api is higher level than oss one and thus need to be used only if you'*ve* to. > > > 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. different apps've different needs. > 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. but: do all apps need them all :-) ? -- "j'aime warly qui est beau parce que je l'aime et qu'il est beau" (gc) "apres le gps, le ps" (pixel)
