Hello, I don't get the issue either I also have ALSA as default on Fedora 7. Both ALSA and OSS work fine.
However, what currently bothering me is that on one of the nodes anytime I change venue, "Line" switches to "Mic". -Monika > Hi Jason, > > I don't get this issue luckily, my OSS device is always there alongside > the ALSA one. I use the ALSA as default. I'm running FC7. > > But I do see a similar issue when starting the video producer service, and > it can take 10 seconds for it to recognise my video device (I just get a > blank in the drop down device menu). I'm sure other people have seen this > too. > > I would image getting vic to sleep for 10 seconds before starting would > resolve this, in a similar way to how your shell script makes rat wait a > bit longer before starting (I assume that's what it's doing). > > Cheers, Ben. > > |=============================| > | Ben Green | > | Access Grid Support Centre | > | Room G49-H | > | Research Computing Services | > | Kilburn Building | > | University of Manchester | > | Oxford Road | > | Manchester | > | M13 9PL | > |-----------------------------| > | Tel. 0161 306 6621 | > | Fax. 0161 275 0637 | > | [email protected] | > | http://www.agsc.ja.net | > |=============================| > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jason Bell > Sent: 31 October 2007 05:56 > To: ag-tech; [email protected] > Subject: [AG-TECH] Dropping OSS device in Rat (Linux) > > G'day all > > This is just a quick email to see if anyone else has been experiencing > an issue that I have been having lately. > > Basically on my "Linux" systems (Fedora Core 6 and Fedora 7), sometimes > when Rat is started, the Device "OSS" device is missing in which is then > defaulted to an "ALSA" device. > > The reason why this is an issue is the "OSS" device produces far > superior audio quality, when compared to "ALSA" (Though I realize that > "OSS" is just a wrapper on ASLA with the default Fedora Kernel). > > From my understanding, the reason why this occurs is that, if the OSS > device is in use, it then becomes unavailable and no longer displayed as > a device, as OSS only allows one application exclusive access. > > Anyway, from doing some basic testing, it was seen that events like > switching from one venue to another was causing this to happen. It > appeared that if the machine was heavily loaded, this would increase the > chance of this happening. > > Anyway, to cut a long story short, I deleted the /usr/bin/rat sym link > and replaced it with a basic shell script: > > #! /bin/sh > > sleep 5 > exec /usr/bin/rat-4.4.00 "$@" > > From some initial testing, it appears to have fixed the issue! (More > testing is required) > > I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue with Fedora > or other Linux systems??? > > Thanks for your time, > Jason. > > > -------------------------------------------- > Jason Bell, B.I.T. > > B. Info. Tech. (Honours) Student > > High Performance Computing Support Officer, > Network Engineer > Information Technology Division > Central Queensland University > > E-mail : [email protected] > Phone : 07 4930 9229 > -------------------------------------------- > Patience is a virtue. > > But if I wanted Patience, > I would have become a Doctor. > -------------------------------------------- > > >
