Re: sound problems with 2.6

[Colin <cwvca_SPAMNOT@hotmail.com>]

Prasenjit Kapat wrote:
> thanx a ton Colin. i surely appreciate it. now as I had mentioned, I
> have two sound cards... using alsaconf, i can play ONLY one.
> 
> 1. if set up snd-intel8x0 : i am able to play into the on-board intel
> card but into the  pci card.
> 
> 2. if i set up snd-ens1371 : i am able to play into the pci card but
> not into the on-board intel card.
> 
> how do i do both ?? secondly, what are the sound device ? i mean
> /dev/dsp is the one used in both cases.. not, if both the cards work,
> then i suppose the two devices would be /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0 and
> /dev/dsp1 ??

Because /dev/dsp is not an ALSA device, it's an OSS device and OSS can only
play one device at a time.  The ALSA devices are in the /dev/snd directory.
 Plus you have to configure your programs to use ALSA instead of OSS.