On Monday 14 July 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,14.Jul.08, 12:42:54, Arthur A wrote: > > My understanding was: > > > > Hardware <----> ALSA <--> OSS <--> Apps > > AFAIK OSS has been the first type of linux sound drivers. Alsa was > introduced later as an alternative. Since 2.6.something (but before > etch IIRC) alsa is in the mainline kernel and OSS has been > deprecated. > > As far as installing is concerned, you really only need install > alsa-utils (which should pull alsa-base) and sound should just work > (unless you have some strange hardware). > > Also since the dmix plugin has been enabled by default it is possible > to have multiple apps play sound at the same time, which was > previously achieved by using arts or esound.
So I could wipe OSS and use just Alsa and KDE, since that's my DE? I'll try this and see what happens. Thanks for the info! Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
