From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262873AbUDHWZz (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:25:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262874AbUDHWZz (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:25:55 -0400 Received: from puppen.tomt.net ([217.8.136.222]:62631 "EHLO puppen.tomt.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262873AbUDHWZZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:25:25 -0400 Message-ID: <4075D155.2030603@tomt.net> Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 00:25:25 +0200 From: Andre Tomt User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040306) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Cc: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: Does OSS sound work in 2.6 or not? References: <4075BDE0.6050302@tmr.com> In-Reply-To: <4075BDE0.6050302@tmr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Bill Davidsen wrote: > I have several user machines I would like to convert to 2.6 because they > run threaded applications and would be happier if I did. However, being > able to play forwarded wav files is also needed. I have been assurred by > several people in Email that it does, *without* converting the whole > machine from OSS to ALSA, but by running the ALSA+OSS emulation. > > if this really works, could someone point me to a working example? I > have copied the Documentation/sound config for OSS, changing only the > sound card type, and it totally doesn't work. It looks like it plays but > it doesn't make any sound. > > I know that if I convert to ALSA I have to use their mixer to turn up > the sound and disable mute, if all the people telling me they do it with > the OSS mixer and emulation are wrong, I'll just leave the machines on > 2.4 until I get some time to waste. > > I have read the docs I can find, this is a yes/no question, will OSS > work or not. I am not asking how to convert to ALSA, did that once, took > more time than the benefit justifies. OSS works just fine here in 2.6, on all the machines I have. I don't use ALSA's OSS emulation layer, just the "native" OSS thats in the kernel. It's used just like in 2.4, same module names and all. No black magic involved. -- Cheers, André Tomt