Well, I had no response yet.. So I have tested the ubuntu and I don t understand why , but in Ubuuntu I have the choice between ALSA and OSS.
so what am I missing? I use the same options in the modutils? could it be a kernel Issue? MAnu --- Manu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I am having some problem with my sound system on my > laptop. > I am really confuse between OSS and ALSA > I would like to use ALSA rather than OSS > but for some reason I only have the OSS running > (when > looking at the gnome sounds applet it says OSS..) > > I see the following when typing lspci (just put the > relevant part) > ------------------ > 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. > VT8385 [K8T800 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 01) > 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. > VT8237 > PCI bridge [K8T800 South] > 0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. > VT8235 > ISA Bridge > 0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. > VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master > IDE (rev 06) > 0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA > Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio > Controller (rev 50) > 0000:00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA > Technologies, Inc. Intel 537 [AC97 Modem] (rev 80) > --------------------- > > Now I have in the modules.conf > > alias char-major-116 snd > alias char-major-14 soundcore > options snd-via82xx dxs_support=4 > options snd-via82xx ac97_quirk=0 > alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx > alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx > alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss > alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss > options snd major=116 cards_limit=1 > > > when using esound from gnome i have a very weird > noise > all the time. > > when using the sounds recorder I get "can't write > to > /dev/dsp" > > When using OSS with XMMS it works but esound and > ALSA > don t seem to work > > what am I missing? why is my /dev/dsp not writable > (I > did not created it.. was done by the system)? > > Any help would be appreciated. I have looked at the > alsa project but could not find any help > > > Manu > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
