Hi Shaun. But won't the timing issue come into play once it is integrated in the next kernel tree? Unless you compile it as a module, I might be able to see the above problem happening. On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Shaun Oliver wrote: > the reason people like alsa is because alsa is userspace and handles only > sound. > the kernel drivers have to fight fortiming and as a result sometimes place > unecissary load on the system. > hth > > > -- > Shaun > > If little else, the brain is an educational toy. > -- Tom Robbins > EMAIL: shauno at goanna.net.au > ICQ: 76958435 > > > > On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Igor Gueths wrote: > > > Hi all. I am having pretty bad luck getting beta11 of the alsa package to > > work. Beta9 work well with some quirks. I wonder what has so drastically > > changed in beta11 that makes it so much harder to get working? Anyway, my > > question is why does everyone like the alsa drivers better than the oss > > modules? One thing that I've heard is that the oss modules don't use full > > duplex. Is this correct? The only reason why I ask is because I am > > considering switching from alsa to the 2.4.18 sound modules to hopefully > > fix my problem with not being able to play wavs with trplayer. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
