On Tuesday, July 06, 2010 08:38:38 am Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Rick Sewill wrote:
> > On 07/05/2010 10:23 PM, Rick Sewill wrote:
> .
>
> > I am wondering if OSS is enabled on your system.
> >
> > Please look for things related to OSS in
> > /etc/modprobe.conf (if it exists)
> > and /etc/modprobe.d
> > Please make sure the line in /etc/modprobe.d/dist-oss.conf is
> > commented out.
> >
> > Please do, lsmod | grep snd
> > Please make sure there is nothing like snd-pcm-oss or snd-seq-oss
> > installed.
>
> I think you have this totally backward. There are many applications which
> use the /dev/dsp* devices, and which will produce no sound unless they are
> present. In fact, I think the majority of older hardware does not have
> support for sound other than oss. As I look at my newest TV card it has
> stuff in /dev/dvb, while the other 4-5 cards which have been happily in
> use do not.
>
> To test (as root):
> modprobe -v snd-pcm-oss
> {test applications for sound here}
[root@davehost dave]# modprobe -v snd-pcm-oss
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.33.5-124.fc13.x86_64/kernel/sound/core/oss/snd-mixer-
oss.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.33.5-124.fc13.x86_64/kernel/sound/core/oss/snd-pcm-
oss.ko
[root@davehost dave]#
also
[root@davehost core]# pwd
/lib/modules/2.6.33.5-124.fc13.x86_64/kernel/sound/core
[root@davehost core]# ls
oss snd-hrtimer.ko snd.ko snd-pcm.ko snd-timer.ko
seq snd-hwdep.ko snd-page-alloc.ko snd-rawmidi.ko
[root@davehost core]#
dist-oss.conf has the module load line commented out,
and
[root@davehost modprobe.d]# cat dist-alsa.conf
# ALSA Sound Support
#
# We want to ensure that snd-seq is always loaded for those who want to use
# the sequencer interface, but we can't do this automatically through udev
# at the moment...so we have this rule (just for the moment).
#
# Remove the following line if you don't want the sequencer.
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm && /sbin/modprobe snd-
seq
[root@davehost modprobe.d]#
>
> A lot of people have functional old hardware they can't replace, for
> financial or technical reasons. That's why there is oss support, to
> support the hardware which needs it.
[root@davehost dave]# lsmod | grep ens
snd_ens1370 20973 2
gameport 8936 1 snd_ens1370
snd_rawmidi 19917 1 snd_ens1370
snd_pcm 76131 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_ens1370
snd 60573 13
snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_ens1370,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 7221 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_ens1370,snd_pcm
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