From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Revell Subject: Re: OSS vs ALSA war :-) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:21:12 -0400 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1092158472.3290.12.camel@mindpipe> References: <200408101716.SAA04883@liam2.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net (viper.oldcity.dca.net [216.158.38.4]) by alsa.alsa-project.org (ALSA's E-mail Delivery System) with SMTP id 3135A1F0 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:20:54 +0200 (MEST) In-Reply-To: <200408101716.SAA04883@liam2.demon.co.uk> Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: William Cc: geeceezee@free.fr, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 13:16, William wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > > GCZ wrote: > >> Should I refrain from playing UT2004 just because Nvidia's drivers, > >> which work beautifully, are closed-source? Should I refrain from > >> playing Quake 3 because ALSA doesn't work with it? > > > > No, this is why ALSA provides OSS emulation, so every legacy app doesn't > > have to be recoded. > > One big problem is that some parts of ALSA's OSS emulation have been buggy > for a long time, especially its /dev/sequencer emulation: > https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=28 > [First reported August 2002, present since before Alsa 0.9.0] > Heh, the ALSA bug tracker is hosed right now. It didn't seem to remember my login, then when I went to sign up for a new account I got: ALSA bugtracking system Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /srv/www/mantisbt-0.18.3/core/html_api.php:139) in /srv/www/mantisbt-0.18.3/core/gpc_api.php on line 220 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /srv/www/mantisbt-0.18.3/core/html_api.php:139) in /srv/www/mantisbt-0.18.3/core/print_api.php on line 37 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /srv/www/mantisbt-0.18.3/core/html_api.php:139) in /srv/www/mantisbt-0.18.3/core/print_api.php on line 39 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /srv/www/mantisbt-0.18.3/core/html_api.php:139) in /srv/www/mantisbt-0.18.3/core/print_api.php on line 44 If you can access the text of that bug can you send it to me? Lee ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285