On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:55:58 -0700 Mark Knecht wrote: > Nick, > Interesting. I have something like 8 Gentoo machines I run Alsa on. > All of them use OSS emulation at least partially. I do not remember > any messages or guidance to do what you're say, but indeed, it makes > sense, sort of... Unfortunately, it seems that emerge didn't tell me > to do this or, if it did, then the messages were lost in an endless > stream of compile text while doing an emerge world. > > I suppose I really don't like this way of doing it since it now > makes Alsa set up for Gentoo different from what is specified on the > Alsa pages. It also seems that the /etc/conf.d/alsasound page may not > give me as much control in my systems where I'm using multiple sound > cards. I'll have to review that more carefully. > > Humm... Are there any new online instructions that specify all these > changes?
I didn't find any, i figured it out for myself. I posted to this list, then found the solution then posted a SOLVED message almost staright away, a week or 2 back. > > Thanks, > Mark > > On 8/16/05, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The setup on gentoo changed sometime around alsa-lib 1.09. > > > > Leave ALL of the oss stuff out of the module config files (running > > alsaconfig will set it up correctly) > > > > Then set ENABLE_OSS_EMUL="yes" in /etc/conf.d/alsasound > > > > my /etc/modules.d/alsa now reads: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/conf.d $ cat /etc/modules.d/alsa > > # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > > # --- ALSACONF version 1.0.9a --- > > options snd device_mode=0666 > > alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx > > alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx > > # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > > > > /etc/conf.d/alsasound now reads: > > > > # ENABLE_OSS_EMUL: > > # Do you want to enable in-kernel oss emulation? > > # no - Do not load oss emul drivers > > # yes - Load oss emul drivers if they're found > > > > ENABLE_OSS_EMUL="yes" > > > > # RESTORE_ON_START: > > # Do you want to restore your mixer settings? If not, your cards will be > > # muted. > > # no - Do not restore state > > # yes - Restore state > > > > RESTORE_ON_START="yes" > > > > # SAVE_ON_STOP: > > # Do you want to save changes made to your mixer volumes when alsasound > > # stops? > > # no - Do not save state > > # yes - Save state > > > > SAVE_ON_STOP="yes" > > > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:31:30 -0300 > > Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > After some days googling for it, I give up now and come here for > > > help. I have Alsa installed in kernel, and it works fine for programs > > > that are compatible with. But programs that need OSS don't get any > > > sound. I have the following lines in the alsa config files: > > > > > > /etc/modules.d/alsa: > > > alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss > > > alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss > > > alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss > > > > > > alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx > > > alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx > > > > > > When I run the alsasound init script it says: > > > * Loading ALSA modules ... > > > * Loading: snd-card-0 ... [ > > > ok ] > > > * Loading: snd-seq-oss ... [ > > > ok ] > > > * Loading: snd-pcm-oss ... [ > > > ok ] > > > * Restoring Mixer Levels ... [ > > > ok ] > > > > > > # cat /proc/modules | grep oss > > > snd_pcm_oss 52576 0 - Live 0xe258b000 > > > snd_mixer_oss 19648 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xe1111000 > > > snd_seq_oss 37568 0 - Live 0xe2512000 > > > snd_seq_midi_event 7168 1 snd_seq_oss, Live 0xe0da9000 > > > snd_seq 55056 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event, Live > > > 0xe086d000 > > > snd_pcm 93448 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec, Live 0xe0db0000 > > > snd_seq_device 8972 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi, > > > Live 0xe084a000 > > > snd 57412 13 > > > snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device, > > > Live 0xe0d79000 > > > > > > So it seems that the modules are loaded correctly. But every program > > > that tries to pipe to /dev/dsp gets broken pipe (i.e. Quake and Enemy > > > Territory). > > > > > > If anybody can tell me what could be wrong, please let me know. If > > > there is a config file that is important and that I didn't send it > > > here, tell me and I'll send them. > > > > > > Thanks for the attention, > > > > > > Raphael > > > > > > -- > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > -- > > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
