On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 19:12, Stephen van Egmond wrote: > > /dev/audio (I know cat english.au > /dev/audio produceds the nice > > sound of Linus' soothing voice. ^_^) > > Audio hardware. > > > /dev/dsp > > /dev/mixer (Kinda know what this is.) > > Published by your mixing software - alsa or esound. These daemons open > /dev/audio exclusively and publish a nicer interface (that can't be locked, > more or less) thorugh the above points.
Huh? /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer are the OSS (Open Sound System) I/O and mixer devices, respectively. /dev/audio is the Sun audio compatibility device. All of them are different interfaces to one and the same kernel sound driver. ALSA isn't a daemon but the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture, a replacement for OSS which provides compatibility for it. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
