Re: can't play sounds on 2.6.7

From: J. Smith (jsmith_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 09/20/04


Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:55:18 GMT

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:11:20 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote:
 
> I have the same versions on my system (Debian Sarge), and on my system
> sound works without a problem. Maybe you could try and use the oss
> drivers instead. All you have to do is to unload all the ALSA drivers
> (snd-*) and load the oss sound driver for your card. It should be
> included in the standard kernel packages.

        This is symptomatic of the ALSA drivers: all too often people with the
same setups report widely different behaviors as far as the ALSA drivers
are concerned. These drivers are the most unreliable, annoying piece of
software inflicted upon Linux users. When are the ALSA people going to do
something about it? Are they happy in the knowledge that their software is
the black sheep of the Linux world?



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