Tom, please remove your Reply-To: (unless you did it for this mail on purpose)
Tom is right. This switch to ALSA preference when OSS works was premature. Set it back how it was for now, and wait for kernel 2.6 to switch. --- Tom Whiting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, 3rd time's the charm MAYBE. > Unfortunately, my patience with Mandrake has reached > an end. Certain > applications require play (/usr/bin/play), which > **gasp** someone decided to > play with? > > Once again (for the third time), how do I get this > configured to WORK > correctlY? Considering someone up there decided they > knew everything and that > they should mess with something that worked > PERFECTLY, it is now up to that > someone to respond. > > Certain applications rely on play (again > /usr/bin/play), some actually rely on > the OSS drivers. Some are even ((gasp)) binary > applications meaning they CAN > NOT be changed. One VERY common application like > that is crossover. Since > the change, NOTHING for sound has come out of that.. > -=THAT=- is enough to > drive me back to a decent OS that actually (gasp) > WORKS out of the box and > doesn't mess with that which WORKS correctly (sound > for one). Applications > like this, I gladly (GLADLY) pay for. Applications > that don't provide basic > driver support, or half assed support for said > drivers I pay nothing for. > Applications (or operating systems) that refuse to > LISTEN to what their > users are saying I pay nothing for, and no attention > to. > > Since I started using Mandrake, I have seen nothing > but problems. Failure to > unmount devices properly, failure to do many things > properly. Now, this just > takes the cake. You take a driver that WAS working, > and you trash it. For > WHAT reason? So, those of us that REQUIRE the > drivers for this card are told > what, to go buy a new card? I don't think so!! > > I realize that life as a tech is damn near > impossible (I AM one), but I also > realize that there is NO reason to "fix" something > or "modify" somthing that > works 100%, which up untill this last release sound > HAS done. Now, someone, > PLEASE explain to me why I all of the sudden have > HALF ASSED sound support > (right out of the box mind you). I'd LOVE to hear > the explanation for this. > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------- > TJW: Head tech, Dreamless Realms > Mud: http://dreamless.wolfstream.net > Snippets http://dreamless.wolfstream.net/ > Telnet dreamless.wolfstream.net:9275 > The OLC Pages http://olc.wolfstream.net > ---------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
