From b66a27946bea58639bb9d7c62ec6f916e1f5a5a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dugan Chen Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 23:31:50 +0200 Subject: system/oss: Added. (an ALSA alternative) The Open Sound System is a set of sound drivers that serve as an alternative to the usual ALSA architecture. --- system/oss/README.SLACKWARE | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 system/oss/README.SLACKWARE (limited to 'system/oss/README.SLACKWARE') diff --git a/system/oss/README.SLACKWARE b/system/oss/README.SLACKWARE new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..309db29c9f --- /dev/null +++ b/system/oss/README.SLACKWARE @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +README.SLACKWARE for oss + +After installing the package, do the following: + +1. Blacklist the alsa modules for your sound card. + The output of "lsmod | grep snd" should give you a list of which modules + will need to be blacklisted. + +2. Make /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa non-executable: chmod 0644 /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa + +3. Make /etc/rc.d/rc.oss executable: chmod 0755 /etc/rc.d/rc.oss + +4. Add this snippet to /etc/rc.d/rc.local: + + if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.oss ]; then + /etc/rc.d/rc.oss start + fi + +5. Reboot. + +6. Test sound to ensure that it works - use "osstest" for this. + +7. Configure applications to use OSS instead of ALSA; typically, this will + involve setting the "Sound Command" or some such to use "ossplay" + -- cgit v1.2.3