Hello again, On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 12:50:48 +0000 Daniel Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt > From that page: > - Users wanting support for the PC speaker need to enable > CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR, > or you won't get a single beep. Ahha, thank you ! Took me about 30 minutes to locate that option, hidden away under "misc", but I got it eventually. Initially I searched the .config file, but it had no mention of it, until I found it via menuconfig .. then an entry got added to the config. > > 2) Question: Since a while back I see that OSS in the kernel is > > depreciated, and ALSA is recommended, but for the life of me I > > cannot see what the advantage is of ALSA. AFAIK everything I use > > uses the OSS system (OSS-emulation in ALSA), so why not just use OSS > > instead of having to emulate it all? > > For a start, alsa is being actively developed, OSS is not. > > For many cards (including mine), ALSA works better - volumes go > louder, it sounds better, surround sound is more customisable, etc. > Other advantages include that ALSA supports SMP (OSS does not), ALSA > has a good plugin system (allows for things like dmix), > > I have not looked for myself, but I believe ALSA also incorporates a > good API for applications that support it - e.g. xmms with the > alsa-xmms plugin. For applications that do not support the API, you > can just rely on the OSS emulation. Thank you for your informative answer. Helps me a lot .. thank you. Greetings Ralph -- http://axljab.homelinux.org/
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