Koen Dejonghe wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I bought an OSS license from http://www.4front-tech.com/ just before the 2.2
> kernel was out. I'm on 2.0.36 (SuSE 6.0) right now.
> I think the new kernel has extensive support for sound. I'd like to hear from
> people who have experience with sound on 2.2.x kernels, and whether it was a
> dumb thing to do to spend 30 US$ on something that is now a built-in.
>
The OSS drivers you buy are alot easier. I thought I knew
sound setup for my awe32, but I have spent about 10 hours
fiddling around with /etc/conf.modules to get it to where it
works perfectly.
It's easy to use the standard drivers, but you need to put lines
in /etc/.conf.modules for your specific card. There is good
documentation in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound, but it is
difficult to understand at first.
Luckily, most cards have been setup by now, and you can find the right
conf.modules statements in the newsgroups or here, just by asking.
But with OSS, there is no isapnp to deal with, nor conf.modules.
I did learn about module options though, so there is something to say
for doing it the hard way.
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