Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal

On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 20:09 +0100, Edgar Toernig wrote:
> Lee Revell wrote:
> >
> > All of this was solved with the switch in ALSA 1.0.9 to use dmix by
> > default.  If it does not Just Work it's a bug and we need to hear about
> > it.
> 
> So then:  xawtv4 (dvb-app) works with hw:0 but not with 1.0.9's dmix default.
> It works with /dev/dsp1 (usb-speakers) but not with /dev/dsp0 (atiixp ac'97).
> vdr's softdevice (another dvb-app) works with dmix-default but not with hw:0.
> And that's my experience with most audio apps - you have to try all configur-
> ations until you find one that works.  Sure, maybe badly written apps but
> there must be something wrong if so many developers have problems with
> Alsa.  I've even resigned to grok the config files :-(
> 
> Ciao, ET.
> 

Come on, this is LKML, you should know that "it doesn't work" is not a
useful bug report.

> And btw, with 2.6.15 the usb-speakers only produce noise most of the time.
> 

Known regression, this is being worked on.  It was known and posted to
LKML before the 2.6.15 release, unfortunately 2.6.15 was released with
this bug anyway.

Lee

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