Re: How can I figure out if a machine is using ALSA ot OSS?
On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 08:07:32PM +0100, Lech Karol Paw?aszek wrote:
> On Saturday 19 of February 2005 19:23, stan wrote:
> > I need to determine which sound system a given machine is using. What's an
> > easy way to do this?
>
> Well... If there's /proc/asound/ directory - you can be sure you're runnin'
> ALSA. you can also check for /dev/snd/ directory (if pcm* devices can "make a
> sound" - you're on ALSA).
>
> If your kernel uses modules you can determine it by checking sound modules
> name. If they start with snd-* - they're alsa's. If not - OSS'.
>
> Well... i'm pretty sure that there is "professional way" to check it out, but
> these work for me.
>
Ah, thanks, the modules are snd*. so I'm running ALSA.
Thanks, again.
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