Hi Timothy; Can I hijack your Rant #3 and add something to it. On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 04:45 -0400, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Ben Steeves wrote: > > On 8/13/05, Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >>What a mess! > I don't recall reading where he solicited help. > > He said he was going to rant. > > Mike Sound and sound matters seem to be the least documented part of Linux. I have checked out TLDP, ALSA and OSS sites; I have read all my manuals plus some extra downloaded ones; I have read responses and asked questions on three or four mailing lists and forums including LQ, JustLinux, Fedora Forum, Fedora(RedHat) Bugzilla, Gnome Forum and my own local Linux Users Group with no real joy. I did get some things fixed with help from this site -- thank you very much -- by button pushing with no understanding of what I was doing or why. Sound uses at least 4 devices (/dev/audio, /dev/dsp, /dev/mixer, /dev/sequencer) and /dev/snd (controlC0 midiC0D0 pcmC0D0c pcmC0D0p pcmC0D1p seq timer). I counted 19 sound (snd_*) modules loaded with the kernel, and 22 possible sound controls with amixer (18 with alsamixer). I discovered a couple of configuration files. I found no bass or treble controls (but then I have cheap speakers). I could not find any overview or comprehensive explanation of what all these things are for or why I may or may not want to use them. I think Rant #3 is long overdue. Regards Bill
