Re: [Alsa-user] Impossibly hard to get anywhere

2002-08-21 Thread Tom Whiting
On Wednesday 21 August 2002 02:57 pm, Scott Bronson wrote: > I posted the solution to this a few days ago. And it's the third time since then (that I can remember) that this problem has come up. Perhaps someone should fix this problem in the releases so it quits coming up? --

Re: [Alsa-user] oss emulation and audio routing

2002-08-21 Thread Tom Whiting
On Saturday 21 August 1999 03:06 am, ashendra singh wrote: > i've install the latest alsa mods on my suse 7.0 system (kernel 2.4.18) and > have working sound. i would like to use oss applications but they complain > about no /dev/dsp (it is there however) what wrong? this is what a lsmod /dev/dsp

Re: [Alsa-user] Which alsa package is right for me?

2002-08-21 Thread Tom Whiting
> Also, I have sound in KDE already. So if I wanted to > use anything written for ALSA, I'd have to ditch my > current driver? No, you can KEEP Arts in KDE (actually, I just turn it off, Alsa's smart enough to handle things sent it's way). This is one of the ADVANTAGES of using Alsa vs OSS/Free

Re: [Alsa-user] Which alsa package is right for me?

2002-08-20 Thread Tom Whiting
On Tuesday 20 August 2002 08:26 am, Marco Nadal wrote: > I have just tried > rpm -i alsa-2.2.19_0.5.10b-6.4mdk.i586.rpm > error: failed dependencies: > kernel = 2.2.19-6.4mdk is needed by alsa-2.2.19_0.5.10b-6.4mdk > > This is most enlightening, I have the wrong kernel! > I had a look at

Re: [Alsa-user] alsa-drivers-0.9.0rc3 compilation errors

2002-08-19 Thread Tom Whiting
On Tuesday 20 August 2002 12:13 am, Luke Hammer wrote: > Hello, > > I've been trying to compile alsa-drivers-0.9.0rc3 on my RedHat 7.3 > system, and the compilation dies with the following errors: > > > <> I had the same problems.. In fac, just Saturday or Sunday (I forget which), this solution w

Re: [Alsa-user] Re: driver 0.5.12a fails compile with arch=i486

2002-08-19 Thread Tom Whiting
> > Try 'modprobe snd-ens1371' :) > Actually, for some damned reason, the Ensoniq card requires the Free OSS mixer junk **boggle**. Oddly enough, before adding all that, I got /dev/dsp no such device errors. **shrug** Now to go through and rebuild everything to use alsa instead of OSS. --

Re: [Alsa-user] Re: driver 0.5.12a fails compile with arch=i486

2002-08-19 Thread Tom Whiting
> Personally I'd suggest that a compile failure merits updating the > tarballs on the front page - 0.9.0rc3a or something like that - because > compilation failures are guaranteed to put people off ALSA for good. > Personally I'd suggest that a compile failure merits updating the > tarballs on th

Re: [Alsa-user] driver 0.5.12a fails compile with arch=i486

2002-08-18 Thread Tom Whiting
On Sunday 18 August 2002 05:24 pm, Frans Ketelaars wrote: > *** N.B. The 0.5.x series is considered deprecated and is no longer > supported by ALSA developers *** Sadly, the Release Candidates don't even compile on all machines --