Rick Sewill wrote:
On 07/05/2010 10:23 PM, Rick Sewill wrote:
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I am wondering if OSS is enabled on your system.
Please look for things related to OSS in /etc/modprobe.conf (if it exists) and /etc/modprobe.d Please make sure the line in /etc/modprobe.d/dist-oss.conf is commented out.
Please do, lsmod | grep snd Please make sure there is nothing like snd-pcm-oss or snd-seq-oss installed.
I think you have this totally backward. There are many applications which use the /dev/dsp* devices, and which will produce no sound unless they are present. In fact, I think the majority of older hardware does not have support for sound other than oss. As I look at my newest TV card it has stuff in /dev/dvb, while the other 4-5 cards which have been happily in use do not.
To test (as root): modprobe -v snd-pcm-oss {test applications for sound here}
A lot of people have functional old hardware they can't replace, for financial or technical reasons. That's why there is oss support, to support the hardware which needs it.