Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964829AbWAFS1G (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 13:27:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964831AbWAFS1G (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 13:27:06 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:52180 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964829AbWAFS1C (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 13:27:02 -0500 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal From: Lee Revell To: Calin Szonyi Cc: Hannu Savolainen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <20050726150837.GT3160@stusta.de> <200601031522.06898.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <20060103160502.GB5262@irc.pl> <200601031629.21765.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <20060103170316.GA12249@dspnet.fr.eu.org> <20060103203732.GF5262@irc.pl> <9a8748490601031256x916bddav794fecdcf263fb55@mail.gmail.com> <20060103215654.GH3831@stusta.de> <9a8748490601031411p17d4417fyffbfee00ca85ac82@mail.gmail.com> <0D76E9E1-7FB0-41FD-8FAC-E4B3C6E9C902@dalecki.de> <1136486021.31583.26.camel@mindpipe> <1136503996.847.85.camel@mindpipe> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:27:00 -0500 Message-Id: <1136572020.17979.18.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1945 Lines: 47 On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 15:20 +0200, caszonyi@rdslink.ro wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Lee Revell wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 01:19 +0200, Hannu Savolainen wrote: > >> On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Lee Revell wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 13:44 +0100, Marcin Dalecki wrote: > >>>> Second - you still didn't explain why this allows you to conclude > >>>> that sound mixing should in no way be done inside the kernel. > >>> > >>> It works perfectly right now in userspace. Therefore it should not be > >>> in the kernel. > >> So all the complaints about dmix problems in the ALSA mailing lists are > >> just exceptions that prove the above statement to be true. > > > > No, it just means ALSA like the kernel is a work in progress. Anyway > > almost all the known issues have been fixed. It works perfectly for the > > vast majority of users. > > > > Ok. It seems i'm a minority. > I switched xmms to alsa > If i play a stream in xmms using alsa output and try to play in the same > time a movie in mplayer the last message printed by mplayer is > alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: default > and then it hangs until i press stop button in xmms. When i press the stop > button in xmms the movie begins to play. If i press now the play button in > xmms it says: > ** WARNING **: alsa_setup(): Failed to open pcm device (default): Device > or resource busy > > So it seems that dmix is not working by default in kernel 2.6.15 > Alsa userspace tools are version 1.0.8. Sorry disregard last message. Upgrade alsa-lib to 1.0.9 or later (preferable 1.0.10) to get dmix working by default. The default PCM is defined in /usr/share/alsa/cards/$YOUR-CARD.conf which is part of alsa-lib. Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/