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Re: something wrong with audio

From	Curt <curty@free.fr>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: something wrong with audio
Date	2018-10-11 10:00 +0200
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On 2018-10-10, Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> wrote:
>
> snd-pcm-oss *is* an alsa module, you won't get anywhere with that without
> loading the proper alsa drivers for your sound card too.
>
>> 
>> https://wiki.debian.org/ALSA#ALSA_and_OSS
>> 
>>  If you don't unload all OSS modules then ALSA modules will not be able
>>  to initialise (or work properly) because the OSS driver will be futzing
>>  with the sound hardware that the ALSA driver needs to control. If you
>>  see a message about "sound card not detected" and you are sure you have
>>  the right ALSA driver, the presence of an OSS module could be the
>>  reason.
>> 
>> Maybe this, as they say in French, explains that. Or maybe not. I dunno.
>
> No, this refers to the old OSS sound drivers which I think today are no
> longer available in the linux kernel. With snd-pcm-oss you can use
> applications which only support the OSS /dev/dsp interface without
> breaking support for regular ALSA apps.
>

I see. Thanks for the clarification.

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something wrong with audio dotdeb@gmail.com - 2018-10-08 19:10 +0200
  Re: something wrong with audio steve <dlist@bluewin.ch> - 2018-10-08 19:20 +0200
    Re: something wrong with audio deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 20:30 +0200
      Re: something wrong with audio dotdeb@gmail.com - 2018-10-08 20:50 +0200
    Re: something wrong with audio dotdeb@gmail.com - 2018-10-08 20:50 +0200
  Re: something wrong with audio Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-08 20:50 +0200
    Re: something wrong with audio dotdeb@gmail.com - 2018-10-08 21:00 +0200
      Re: something wrong with audio Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-08 21:00 +0200
        Fwd: something wrong with audio dotdeb@gmail.com - 2018-10-09 10:10 +0200
      Re: something wrong with audio David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 22:00 +0200
        Re: something wrong with audio Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-08 22:30 +0200
  Re: something wrong with audio dotdeb@gmail.com - 2018-10-08 20:50 +0200
  Re: something wrong with audio Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2018-10-08 21:40 +0200
    Re: something wrong with audio David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 22:10 +0200
    Re: something wrong with audio dotdeb@gmail.com - 2018-10-09 10:20 +0200
  Re: something wrong with audio dotdeb@gmail.com - 2018-10-09 13:30 +0200
    Re: something wrong with audio deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 20:00 +0200
  Re: something wrong with audio Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-09 14:10 +0200
    Re: something wrong with audio dotdeb@gmail.com - 2018-10-09 14:10 +0200
      Re: something wrong with audio Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-09 14:40 +0200
        Re: something wrong with audio Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-10-10 11:20 +0200
          Re: something wrong with audio Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-10 14:10 +0200
            Re: something wrong with audio Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-10-11 01:00 +0200
              Re: something wrong with audio Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-11 10:00 +0200
          Re: something wrong with audio "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2018-10-10 14:40 +0200

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