[gobolinux-users] ALSA doesn't work

[Jonas Karlsson]

On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:52:39 +0200, Jeremy Visser <jeremy.visser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jonas Karlsson wrote:
>> Then the question is if we still should ship with OSS modules by default.
>> If we continue with OSS, is there a way to stop OSS modules to load if ALSA
>> modules is already loaded and probe ALSA before OSS so no conflicts occur?
>
> A lot of proprietary games like Quake3 or UT2004 only have support for OSS.
>
> Even though Quake3's revamped counterpart, ioQuake3 now has ALSA
> support, the proprietary version is still widely played, and is required
> for use on PunkBuster-enabled servers.
>
> Would removing the modules cause a problem with this?

No, since ALSA also has a OSS interface, making it possible for applications
that only support OSS to use ALSA as well.

-- 
/Jonas

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