From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.68]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HvlHs-0001Bj-00 for ; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:30:16 -0400 Received: from ibm62aec.bellsouth.net ([74.226.66.234]) by imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20070606022945.WCXU9444.imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm62aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 22:29:45 -0400 Received: from localhost ([74.226.66.234]) by ibm62aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20070606022945.QKMS20069.ibm62aec.bellsouth.net@localhost> for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 22:29:45 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 21:29:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Adam Myrow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Debian Alsa In-Reply-To: <20070605235307.GB5289@implementation> Message-ID: References: <20070605235307.GB5289@implementation> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:30:16 -0000 On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Samuel Thibault wrote: > These are only compatibility layers that really shouldn't be needed > nowadays... Well, many programs still use them by default. For example, some have discussed aumix as a mixer program. It uses /dev/mixer, which is why it doesn't show all controls. Most programs, including Mplayer still default to OSS-compatible operation unless overridden. So, until this changes, I consider the OSS emulation mandatory. There is the aoss command, which tries to make a program that would normally use OSS use ALSA instead, but it doesn't always work.