From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pop-siberian.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([207.69.195.71]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1E52sT-0001vf-00 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:57:21 -0400 Received: from h-68-166-89-140.chcgilgm.covad.net ([68.166.89.140] helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by pop-siberian.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1E52sQ-00063E-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:57:19 -0400 Received: (qmail 29405 invoked by uid 1023); 16 Aug 2005 14:57:17 -0000 Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:57:17 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050816145717.GA29315@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20050815174526.GA7933@tomass.dyndns.org> <005801c5a1cd$573d2600$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> <20050815200051.GG18507@rednote.net> <20050815225047.GA25000@romuald.net.eu.org> <20050816130555.GO18507@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050816130555.GO18507@rednote.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc Subject: Re: Alsa question X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:57:22 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Janina. Yes, I know that rc stands for release candidate. However, it was my understanding, that if you have version 1.0 of a program, and you want to release for example release candidate 1 of the next version, your release candidate would be called 1.0rc1, not 2.0rc1. Greg On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 09:05:55AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Gregg: > > The RC in alsa file names stands for "Release Candidate." Typically, > there are a few such release candidates issued prior to the release of a > new version of some alsa technology. > > I don't recall precisely when dmix was introduced as a default > technology in alsa-1.0.9, but you're using a pre-release version if > you're on RC2. In fact, they went to RC4 before release, as I recall. > > The technology you're looking for is called dmix, and it's not well > documented, as so much in alsa is not well documented. It should create > a file called .asoundrc in your $HOME. > > I hope this is enough to google with. I'm sorry I don't have a more > precise pointer for you. > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDAf7N7s9z/XlyUyARAojGAJ9FfsLXi1t13CJWecHiD5inTHb+uACfQttS M710S7bLZLcBqXNHdUEkOZ4= =TqFG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----