Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-16 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:06:39AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: On Sunday 13 July 2008, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: 2008/7/13 Hal Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. Are you

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-14 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 14 July 2008, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: 2008/7/13 Hal Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sunday 13 July 2008, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: 2008/7/13 Hal Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-14 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 14 July 2008, Arthur A wrote: Hal Vaughan wrote: On Monday 14 July 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun,13.Jul.08, 18:29:25, Hal Vaughan wrote: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. Should we

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,14.Jul.08, 12:42:54, Arthur A wrote: My understanding was: Hardware ALSA -- OSS -- Apps AFAIK OSS has been the first type of linux sound drivers. Alsa was introduced later as an alternative. Since 2.6.something (but before etch IIRC) alsa is in the mainline kernel and OSS has

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-14 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 14 July 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Mon,14.Jul.08, 12:42:54, Arthur A wrote: My understanding was: Hardware ALSA -- OSS -- Apps AFAIK OSS has been the first type of linux sound drivers. Alsa was introduced later as an alternative. Since 2.6.something (but before etch

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-14 Thread Mark Allums
Hal Vaughan wrote: Thanks for the info. It's a HUGE help. I have no idea where I got the idea that Alsa was outdated but it's likely I read a post on a list like this (or even this one) from someone who seemed to know what they were saying. ALSA replaced OSS, not the other way. ALSA has

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun,13.Jul.08, 18:29:25, Hal Vaughan wrote: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. Should we assume alsa doesn't work on your machine? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-14 Thread Marc Shapiro
Hal Vaughan wrote: On Sunday 13 July 2008, you wrote: Hal Vaughan wrote: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. Many times I start a program and I don't get sound output. Most of the time I'm using

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-14 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 14 July 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun,13.Jul.08, 18:29:25, Hal Vaughan wrote: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. Should we assume alsa doesn't work on your machine? I may be behind the

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-14 Thread Arthur A
Hal Vaughan wrote: On Monday 14 July 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun,13.Jul.08, 18:29:25, Hal Vaughan wrote: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. Should we assume alsa doesn't work on your machine? I may

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-14 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 00:13:44 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Hal Vaughan wrote: On Sunday 13 July 2008, you wrote: Hal Vaughan wrote: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. I think it would be better to

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-14 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
2008/7/13 Hal Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sunday 13 July 2008, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: 2008/7/13 Hal Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. Are you aware that Ubuntu and

Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-13 Thread Hal Vaughan
I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. Many times I start a program and I don't get sound output. Most of the time I'm using either Amarok, Flash (from Firefox or Konqueror), Kaffeine, and sometimes KMail (some

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-13 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Sunday 13 July 2008, you wrote: Hal Vaughan wrote: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. Many times I start a program and I don't get sound output. Most of the time I'm using either Amarok, Flash

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-13 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
2008/7/13 Hal Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. Are you aware that Ubuntu and Debian are not the same distribution and you should be asking in the Ubuntu mailing lists or forums

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/13/08 22:50, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: 2008/7/13 Hal Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. Are you aware that Ubuntu and

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-13 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Sunday 13 July 2008, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: 2008/7/13 Hal Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. Are you aware that Ubuntu and Debian are not the same distribution and