Re: [Semi-OT] OSS audio vs ALSA

2009-04-27 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 14:02 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:42:20 +0100 Alan Cox wrote: Anyway if you have a volume/quality difference its either in the megaton of desktop plumbing or a funny in one of the AC97 or HDMI codec drivers and in each case simply means you have

Re: [Semi-OT] OSS audio vs ALSA

2009-04-27 Thread Tom Horsley
On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:35:33 +0300 Gilboa Davara wrote: Must likely a pulseaudio issue. Definitely not pulseaudio. I've noticed it in fedoras predating pulseaudio, and the first thing I do after installing fedora is yum remove pulseaudio anyway :-). -- fedora-list mailing list

[Semi-OT] OSS audio vs ALSA

2009-04-26 Thread john wendel
While playing with tinycore linux, I installed OSS audio drivers for my onboard Intel HD audio. AMAZING IMPROVEMENT VS ALSA! With ALSA, I have to max the volume to hear anything, with OSS 20% volume was a normal listening level. Everything that I tried sounded much better with OSS. I'm

Re: [Semi-OT] OSS audio vs ALSA

2009-04-26 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:01:20 -0700 john wendel wrote: Can someone explain why OSS was rejected by the Fedora team? License problem? I always suspect the newer == better fallacy drives almost all decision making :-). -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe:

Re: [Semi-OT] OSS audio vs ALSA

2009-04-26 Thread Alan Cox
While playing with tinycore linux, I installed OSS audio drivers for my onboard Intel HD audio. AMAZING IMPROVEMENT VS ALSA! With ALSA, I have to max the volume to hear anything, with OSS 20% volume was a You have a set up problem of some kind then because they both talk to the same

Re: [Semi-OT] OSS audio vs ALSA

2009-04-26 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:42:20 +0100 Alan Cox wrote: Anyway if you have a volume/quality difference its either in the megaton of desktop plumbing or a funny in one of the AC97 or HDMI codec drivers and in each case simply means you have some specific local configuration thats either broken