XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca   
      
   markhobley@hotpop.donottypethisbit.com (Mark Hobley) writes:   
      
   >In alt.os.linux.gentoo Unruh  wrote:   
      
   >> Get WHAT working with your soundcard.   
      
   >I want some sound to come from my speakers whilst my kernel has OSS   
   >modules loaded.   
      
   >> You want to do this why?   
      
   >I will be doing some OSS programming, and I will be replacing the OSS   
   >code in the kernel with newer OSS code, which is available under GPL.   
      
   And you want to do this why? alsa is the current sound driver. oss is   
   deprecated. No distro installs oss anymore. Why not program for alsa   
   instead.   
      
      
   >I may eventually switching kernel, and I would like to stick with   
   >OSS, if possible.   
      
   >In order to do this, I need a working system prior to making   
   >modifications.   
      
   >> If you really want the oss, you might well find that there are no modules   
   >> for your distro. But the OSS modules were the /lib/modules/*/kernel/sound   
   >> modules.   
      
   > cd /lib/modules/2.6.24.3/kernel/sound   
   > tree   
      
   > .   
   > |-- oss   
   > |   |-- opl3.ko   
   > |   |-- sb.ko   
   > |   |-- sb_lib.ko   
   > |   |-- sound.ko   
   > |   `-- uart401.ko   
   > |-- sound_firmware.ko   
   > `-- soundcore.ko   
      
   >> Or you pay the OSS people for their modules which are more up to   
   >> date that those included in the kernel.   
      
   >I have new OSS source code available, and I am working on compilation,   
   >prior to inclusion.   
      
   Remove all alsa modules which have been inserted, including all snd- modules   
   Figure out which of the   
   oss modules runs your soundcard (Your distro has very very few of the   
   modules. here is my tree of the same directory)   
   You might be better off compiling and inserting the new modules because   
   there seem to be almost no oss  modules in your kernel.   
   Ie your current sound card probably has no oss driver in the current   
   kernel.   
      
   I find it astonishing that you would want to be programming new modules for   
   your soundcard when your knowledge level of modules is so low. Sure it is a   
   good learning experience, but....   
      
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