Re: alsa and oss configuration

2005-08-04 Thread Jim McCloskey
* Lubos Vrbka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: |> ok, this seems to be clear now. none of alsa-native applications work |> for me - they give different sorts of errors, similar to one given |> above. the problem with permissions was my mistake - i added myself to |> the audio group but di

Re: alsa and oss configuration

2005-08-04 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi, /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer are the device-files used by OSS (and therefore also by the OSS emulation-layer in ALSA). Native ALSA applications like alsaconf, alsamixer, and aplay use a different set of device files---the ones in the /dev/snd/ directory. It sounds like maybe those device files d

Re: alsa and oss configuration

2005-08-03 Thread jim
Lubos Vrbka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> then, i can use my soundcard via OSS (how come? i didn't compile the |> OSS in. is it coming from the emulation?) Yes. OSS emulation in ALSA means that you can access your soundcard even with programs that only understand OSS. |>

alsa and oss configuration

2005-08-02 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi guys, i'm trying to get sound working on my machine, however something doesn't seem to work ok... lspci reports the card as VIA Technologies Inc., VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller i've got 2.6.11 kernel with OSS disabled and ALSA enabled (compiled into the kernel). OSS Mixer API, O