"EXT AVS; [EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > > > > IIRC, there are two different sets of sound devices, OSS ones and ALSA > > > ones. > > > > Are they incompatible? > > > > I refer to /dev/sound, /dev/dsp, etc. > > I believe so. However, ALSA is available as a separate package, while OSS > is not. It would be possible to create the OSS devices as part of the > base install and replace them with the ALSA version if the ALSA packages > are installed. > > Eric
When you compile the ALSA drivers you can set an option that makes the ALSA drivers OSS-Lite compatible. I am no sound driver expert but we havn't noticed any incompatibilites with such ALSA drivers. I was forced to install ALSA drivers on my son's PC since he uses a SB PCI 128 card that couldn't get sound support any other way. As a test I installed it on my own PC with a SB 32 pnp card and I got better sound quality with the ALSA driver than the OSS driver. I was also very impressed by the ALSA configurator script that autodetects and helps in configuring the soundcard. I have such good experiences with the ALSA drivers that I suggest that you don't bother at all with the OSS drivers and instead just use the OSS compatibility option with the ALSA drivers. Gunnar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
