oss-compat does install a file, /etc/modprobe.d/oss-compat.conf. The idea is to load the OSS compatibility modules; these are no longer provided in the Ubuntu kernels, so in Precise it's only useful for users who rebuild a kernel with the appropriate configuration (so it's not really useful!).
There are a number of packages which depend on oss-compat so it can't just be removed. What I'd like to do eventually is provide exactly what Dave Lentz describes, although it would require changes to the launchers of the dependent packages... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/983707 Title: oss-compat simply does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oss-compat/+bug/983707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
