[Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread Paul Dorman
Hi all again! I am wondering how difficult it would be to add an audio system section to the Mandrake Control Center. It would: * Allow the user to elect OSS or ALSA as the default (configuring the correct module settings) * Automatic creation of asoundrc * Allow the user to specify how the

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 21:50, Paul Dorman wrote: Hi all again! I am wondering how difficult it would be to add an audio system section to the Mandrake Control Center. It would: * Allow the user to elect OSS or ALSA as the default (configuring the correct module settings) already done by

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread Paul Dorman
On Friday 05 September 2003 08:53, Adam Williamson wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 21:50, Paul Dorman wrote: Hi all again! I am wondering how difficult it would be to add an audio system section to the Mandrake Control Center. It would: * Allow the user to elect OSS or ALSA as the

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 22:08, Paul Dorman wrote: On Friday 05 September 2003 08:53, Adam Williamson wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 21:50, Paul Dorman wrote: Hi all again! I am wondering how difficult it would be to add an audio system section to the Mandrake Control Center. It would:

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread danny
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Adam Williamson wrote: * Allow the user to elect OSS or ALSA as the default (configuring the correct module settings) already done by draksound. Point of critizism about draksound: some reviews of 9.1 (IIRC) claimed that audigy driver was incorrectly loaded for

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 22:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Adam Williamson wrote: * Allow the user to elect OSS or ALSA as the default (configuring the correct module settings) already done by draksound. Point of critizism about draksound: some reviews of 9.1

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread danny
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Adam Williamson wrote: we have kernel-multimedia (though it's sadly neglected)...no need for an application to enable it, really, you enable it by installing it with urpmi / rpmdrake and rebooting... as in: neglected by packager, or neglected by users? current 2.4.21

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread danny
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Adam Williamson wrote: I agree with your criticism of draksound, but I don't think it's actually the cause of the problem identified in those reviews. I had several people report the same problem to me without ever having touched the settings; it seems some sblives truly

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 22:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Adam Williamson wrote: we have kernel-multimedia (though it's sadly neglected)...no need for an application to enable it, really, you enable it by installing it with urpmi / rpmdrake and rebooting... as in:

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 22:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Adam Williamson wrote: I agree with your criticism of draksound, but I don't think it's actually the cause of the problem identified in those reviews. I had several people report the same problem to me without

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread danny
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Adam Williamson wrote: I meant neglected by packager, but no disrespect intended...just hadn't been updated for a while, it looks a bit forlorn next to 2.4.22 main and 2.4.22tmb and 2.6.0 contrib kernels :D Well, it is a damn big patch, and new kernel has a lot of

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread Austin
On 09/04/2003 04:50:24 PM, Paul Dorman wrote: I am wondering how difficult it would be to add an audio system section to the Mandrake Control Center. It would: * Allow the user to elect OSS or ALSA as the default (configuring the correct Yes, this is available, but it not intuitive, not clear,

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread J.A. Magallon
On 09.04, Paul Dorman wrote: Hi all again! I am wondering how difficult it would be to add an audio system section to the Mandrake Control Center. It would: * Allow the user to elect OSS or ALSA as the default (configuring the correct module settings) I would start in a lower level.

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread Buchan Milne
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Austin wrote: * Auto start up of JACK. Nobody wants jack running all the time. No, but it isn't nice for a user to start Ardour from the menu (without starting a jackd), and be booted out. One slashdot user thought Ardour was buggy/badly packaged because of this, and

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread Austin
On 09/04/2003 07:43:50 PM, Buchan Milne wrote: On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Austin wrote: * Auto start up of JACK. Nobody wants jack running all the time. No, but it isn't nice for a user to start Ardour from the menu (without starting a jackd), and be booted out. One slashdot user thought Ardour was

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread Paul Dorman
On Friday 05 September 2003 11:59, Austin wrote: On 09/04/2003 07:43:50 PM, Buchan Milne wrote: On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Austin wrote: * Auto start up of JACK. Nobody wants jack running all the time. No, but it isn't nice for a user to start Ardour from the menu (without starting a

Re: [Cooker] ALSA/OSS selection

2003-09-04 Thread Austin
On 09/04/2003 10:52:30 PM, Paul Dorman wrote: Hence the benefit of a gui... Audio SETTINGS (advanced) -- JACK settings: As I said, this in now handled by qjackctl. ALSA settings [import] [export] Driver [ ] blah blah Draksound does this, but kinda