From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Ivica Bukvic" Subject: RE: question regarding latest CS4205 laptop soundcard driver Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:32:52 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c1c019$5df7f090$ac1f830a@ico> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <200202280309.WAA14147@renoir.op.net> Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: 'Paul Davis' Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, alsa-user@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org > 1a) Get Abramo to post (or point to) detailed information on using a > "share" PCM device > > 1b) Get Abramo or Jaroslav to post (or point to) detailed information > on setting up libaoss (specifically, how to map /dev/dspN to a specific > ALSA PCM device) > > 2) edit your ~/.asoundrc file to define a "share" PCM device > > 3) run all your legacy (OSS) apps with LD_PRELOAD set to preload libaoss. > a small wrapper script is useful for this; ALSA may already > come with one (*) > > 4) run all your newer (ALSA) apps with an argument telling it to use > the "share" PCM device > > and you should be done. if, that is, the "share" device type is really > working. if not, you can help us debug it. > > --p > > (*) something like: > > % cat aoss > #!/bin/sh > > export LD_PRELOAD=/where/i/put/libaoss.so > exec $* > % > > then you can just run OSS apps like this: > > % aoss oss-app-name oss-app-args... > > i know this appears hacky. like i said, there is no way around this > because of the way OSS was designed. > Wow, finally a huge step forward!:-) I really do not care if it is a hacker-like way of doing stuff as long as it works. I will try fiddling with what you gave me and post some results when (and if) I get anywhere with it... Thanks once more for a concise explanation... Is there anyone else with some kind of experience in this field? Maybe it is time to start documenting this potentially awesome feature... I could easily provide webspace and/or maintain the docs webpage if needed, as long as I can get a pool of people working on this issue with me... Anyone interested? Ico _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel