Re: [SLUG] OSS Compatibility with ALSA

From: Tyler Vann-Campbell (MrPeaceful@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Sun Oct 12 2003 - 16:54:33 EDT


On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 22:24, Levi Bard wrote:
> > I recently updated the kernel on my Red Hat 9 system to 2.6.0-test6.
> > It's much faster and I'm happy with the new modules (W9966 especially)
> > but I've been having some difficulty getting OSS Applications (games
> > mainly) to work with ALSA. I've compiled the compatibility libraries and
> > made the appropriate symlinks in /dev, but I'm still getting "No device"
> > errors when applications try to open /dev/dsp. I've read the man pages
> > on aoss, but they seem to be a little lacking and I was wondering if
> > someone could clarify a solution to this problem. Thanks.
>
> Be sure to load the snd-pcm-oss (and snd-seq-oss if you use the sequencer)
> module(s). Or compile them in, if that's how you did the rest of the alsa
> modules.
>
> Levi

Thanks, that worked perfectly, snd-mixer-oss was loaded, can't imagine
why I didn't load that one, temporary brain death I suppose. Thanks
again.

Tyler

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