Am Fr, den 09.04.2004 schrieb Andre Costa um 18:38: > On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 16:59:57 +0200 > Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Agreed, but sometimes this is not an option ;) > > > > Yes, but I think this was mentioned in my mail. > > Sorry, I might have missed that. No Problem. Maybe you should point out the difference between hardware and software mixing more clearly in your article, for it caused a lot of confusion on this list I think. So first step should be checking if your card supports hardware mixing on http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php3?vendor=All#matrix > > Nevertheless there is NO REAL NEED to configure all the applications > > as you did. In that case the oss-compatibility layer will do it's job. > > > > I did not configure anything, so all my applications are set up to use > > oss. I don't not what functionality I should be missing (well maybe > > some Dolby 5.1), I still can have simultaneous sounds... > > Now that would be cool -- I don't recall it working here, that's why I > went after the solutions I posted on that HOWTO. AFAICS I have > OSS-compatibility enabled; how can I check that? Is it simply a matter > of configuring /etc/modules.conf? Any specific compilation flags needed? Nope, it's only /etc/modules-thing: I have posted my modules.conf in a previous mail, the important lines are: # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 (alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 # if you have another soundcard) Then set up your applications to use OSS (usually default) or alsa, if supported. E.g I can run xmms with alsa or with oss output selected, there's no difference (In fact I heard of people who had problems with bad sound using alsa plugin. Also if you are using the on-screen display in xmms it will show the volume settings whenever a new song starts -> very annoying I think, so I chose OSS output.) > > I would really love to update that article if I were to make it simpler > =) > > Best, > > Andre No, I think it's ok! Your article is exactly how it should be done, my way is just for lazy one's :-) Kind regards Christoph
