On 1/3/07, St <st@tobiah.org> wrote:

Solved for now, I think.  I haven't built a kernel in
a while, and I thought that including the native OSS support
would get me my /dev/dsp* stuff back.  After reading some
internet, I realized that the OSS stuff is truly out of the
loop, and one really wants to build in the OSS emulation
stuff that is under the ALSA menu.

So, after rebooting many times, and answering the nvidia
driver questions as many times, I still wonder about the
issue of card order.  Right now all is ok, but I've heard
many reports of card order swapping from boot to boot.  Not
so hot.

Experiences?

Thanks,

Tobiah

St wrote:
> I am using alsa drivers built right into the kernel, rather than
> modules.  My Kubuntu system figures that my M-audio card is 0, and
> the Soundblaster is 1.  I want to reverse that.  Can I?
>
> The reason for this, is that many apps seem to be unable to play
> through the M-audio.  I'm thinking it's because they use the OSS
> interface, and there is no OSS kernel option for the ice1712.
> Could that be true?
>
> Actually, after booting my new kernel, I find that there are no
> /dev/dsp* devices at all.  No wonder the non-alsa apps don't work.
> Still, I checked OSS support, and support for the Live! card.
> Not sure why I don't have at least /dev/dsp0.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tobiah