Re: oss and alsa and audio devices

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 11/20/08 23:03, H.S. wrote:
> Kelly Clowers wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:58 PM, H.S. <hs.samix@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > If your machine runs kernel 2.6, it shouldn't have OSS.
>
> > lsmod will list your loaded modules. snd_pcm_oss, snd_mixer_oss,
> > and snd_seq_oss, are all part of the alsa oss emulation.
>
> Yes I have those same ones. dpkg also does not really list any relevant
> *oss* package. However, I discovered I have linux-sound-base which
> appears to provide oss. And in KDE's sound configuration gui, one of the
> systems to choose from is OSS. To me it appears that I do have oss.
> Hence the lack of any useful information from Ron's message where he
> used the word "shouldn't".

Here's a slightly different question: what makes you think that you 
*do* have OSS?

Given that OSS has been deprecated for FIVE years, and I *VERY 
STRONGLY* doubt that the Debian Kernel Team have configured the OSS 
modules.  (I compile my own kernel from linux-source-2.6.xx, so I 
can't say for certain.)

So, you might be worried about nothing.

--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

If you don't agree with me, you are worse than Hitler!!!