> For the kernel, deprecated == likely to be removed soon ==
> obsolete. Now, it is true that only the OSS drivers are
> deprecated, not the OSS emulation provided by ALSA.
The question is if the ALSA OSS emulation is a good idea.
Because it exists, people are not urged to use ALSA.
> I have no problem with applications supporting OSS for
> operating systems besides Linux, because as you say, that
> is the standard for those systems. I do have a problem
> with apps that insist on *only* supporting OSS for Linux.
That's true.
> What really bugs me is that most of the offending apps are
> commercial applications that don't even have ports for
> Solaris, FreeBSD, etc!! Besides, it isn't like supporting
> multiple sound APIs is really all that hard....
>
> >>Note that, AFAIK, there is no mixing possible with the
> >> OSS API. Your
> >
> >It does support mixing.
> >
>
> According to the dmix HOWTO, you are correct, it should
> work. I guess I just gave up too easily, and I stand
> corrected. Thanks.
If an application tries to access /dev/dsp, DMIX does - AFAIK
- not work transparently. INstead you have to start the
application using the aoss wrapper, maybe aoss skype or aoss
reaplay. This doesn't work convenient for the user.
Furthermore, there seems to be a bug so Skype will crash as
soon as it gets invoked via aoss (I don't know if it is a
Skype or an aoss bug).
So, if want to stay idle for incoming Skype calls, do not
start any other sound application because Skype blocks your
device...
Best regards
ce
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