Re: something wrong with audio
On 2018-10-10, Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> wrote:
>
> snd-pcm-oss *is* an alsa module, you won't get anywhere with that without
> loading the proper alsa drivers for your sound card too.
>
>>
>> https://wiki.debian.org/ALSA#ALSA_and_OSS
>>
>> If you don't unload all OSS modules then ALSA modules will not be able
>> to initialise (or work properly) because the OSS driver will be futzing
>> with the sound hardware that the ALSA driver needs to control. If you
>> see a message about "sound card not detected" and you are sure you have
>> the right ALSA driver, the presence of an OSS module could be the
>> reason.
>>
>> Maybe this, as they say in French, explains that. Or maybe not. I dunno.
>
> No, this refers to the old OSS sound drivers which I think today are no
> longer available in the linux kernel. With snd-pcm-oss you can use
> applications which only support the OSS /dev/dsp interface without
> breaking support for regular ALSA apps.
>
I see. Thanks for the clarification.
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