Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 05:47:12PM -0800, Eric Nelson wrote: > > Nice board, have you tried the alsa website for drivers? > > Erf. I was hoping for the simplicity of using OSS. My understanding > is that ALSA is Not Trivial to use, requiring ALSA aware programs; > from a usability, it seems like the pain to install of any third-party > kernel features, with the inconvienence similar to esound or arts > requiring ALSA aware programs. I'll use it if I have to, but I > consider it a last resort.
It's true that ALSA is poorly documented and Not Trivial to use. But, it does *not* require ALSA-aware programs. All standard OSS sound applications that I've found work well with the ALSA drivers. And, if you're running a standard Debian kernel-image, there is probably a pre-compiled, matching alsa-modules package already available. If you build your own kernel from source, then you will need to compile the drivers, too. Not Trivial, but hardly rocket science. Here's a good Debian ALSA HOWTO... http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=541 Good luck, -- Jack O'Quin Austin, Texas, USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]