I have to say, having tried all three now, that on my hardware at least, OSS4 sound quality is superb, the best I've heard emanating from a computer soundcard.qjqqyy wrote:Alsa, pa or Oss is not a matter of preference, since alsa works perfectly and i had a bad experience of pa previously in butnut, i just stuck with the "default" alsa.
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Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio ControllerWhat kernel do you use? I had the same with a certain VIA card, recognised as HDA Intel, and it only started working after upgrading to 2.6.38 (and higher).vbrummond wrote:I really think that I just have no support for my hardware.
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oss_hdaudio: HDA codec 0x11060397 not known yet
oss_hdaudio: HDA codec 0x11060397 not known yet
Same setup as I have on my Dell Precision M90: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)eric1959 wrote:Alsa, works. Speakers : 2.1
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lspci | grep -i audio
. Onboard.
Webcam : Logitech Webcam C500, no issues.
Only problem : speakers not auto-muted when I plugin headphone....http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=57796
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# aptitude install oss4-base oss4-dkms oss4-gtk
# aptitude install libasound2-plugins flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound
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pcm.oss {
type oss
device /dev/dsp
}
pcm.!default {
type oss
device /dev/dsp
}
ctl.oss {
type oss
device /dev/mixer
}
ctl.!default {
type oss
device /dev/mixer
}
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# /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop
# aptitude remove alsa-base alsa-utils
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# aptitude install binutils cpp-4.3 dkms gcc-4.3 gcc-4.3-base libglib2.0-0 libgtk2.0-0 linux-headers-2.6-amd64 linux-headers-2.6.32-5-amd64 linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common linux-kbuild-2.6.32 makeCode: Select all
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# aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree-extrasoundYes, I couldn't find that package either and was pleased to find it isn't necessary anymore.ivanovnegro wrote:For what stands this flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound, as I do not have it installed on my system and it seems I do not need it either?
Edit: I think, I got it.
I suppose PulseAudio will become the default, not in opposition to Alsa but in a complementary manner.Why change configurations when ones own solution works perfectly? Well, I thought that but - perhaps more out of curiosity than any dissatisfaction with the default ALSA - I decided to try both pa and OSS4: while I was able to achieve very good 5.1 surround sound with pa I've found that the gain in sound quality from using OSS4 is really quite extraordinary, much better than ALSA in fact on my hardware. I have set up OSS4 on both my laptop and desktop as posted above and consider that changing the configurations was well worth the time but if it doesn't work, it's easy to change back to the defaults.milomak wrote:i experienced pa in its earliest incarnation given i run sid. it wasn't up to the task then.
i would concede that today it is probably much better. but i ask myself the question - why change configurations when my current solution works perfectly?
so even if pa is now fully functional, why would i change from alsa? except for the shorter pa.
Thanks for trying the HowTo. There's certainly a lot of documentation and tests available, for example here which may help with getting the subwoofer to play. Is there no sound from it even when playing this test?phenest wrote:I've just installed OSS4 as per the above HowTo, but can anyone tell me how to enable my LFE channel. I have a sub-woofer on my Dell Precision M90 which works with ALSA. Am I missing something?
EDIT: And my laptop speakers don't mute when I plug in my headphones.
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$ osstest -lVactually when i think about it, i think it was in fedora where i encountered pa. in debian, alsa remains the default even in sid.kedaha wrote:I suppose PulseAudio will become the default, not in opposition to Alsa but in a complementary manner.Why change configurations when ones own solution works perfectly? Well, I thought that but - perhaps more out of curiosity than any dissatisfaction with the default ALSA - I decided to try both pa and OSS4: while I was able to achieve very good 5.1 surround sound with pa I've found that the gain in sound quality from using OSS4 is really quite extraordinary, much better than ALSA in fact on my hardware. I have set up OSS4 on both my laptop and desktop as posted above and consider that changing the configurations was well worth the time but if it doesn't work, it's easy to change back to the defaults.milomak wrote:i experienced pa in its earliest incarnation given i run sid. it wasn't up to the task then.
i would concede that today it is probably much better. but i ask myself the question - why change configurations when my current solution works perfectly?
so even if pa is now fully functional, why would i change from alsa? except for the shorter pa.
good thing i don't use gnomevbrummond wrote:Alsa is the default in the kernel but pulseaudio will be required for Gnome 3. Sure you can optionally remove it but then you get no sound applet.
No reason to move from alsa to pa but for me there's every reason to move from alsa or pa to OSS4 which has, at least on my equipment, much fuller, clearer sound, in a word - fidelity. Although I can obtain 5.1 sound with PulseAudio I've decided to make OSS4 my default system since I really like music. I've found many views on the 'net which share this view such as: The state of sound not so sorry in linux after all. But I suppose much depends on the equipment; perhaps the differences between ALSA, PA and OSS4 are less noticeable through laptop speakers and an onboard sound device than through a pci sound card and a decent set of speakers.milomak wrote: actually when i think about it, i think it was in fedora where i encountered pa. in debian, alsa remains the default even in sid.
i guess for me it's that i run a fairly standard setup. and it works as expected. so see no reason to move from alsa given it works out the box.
vbrummond wrote:I am unable to compile OSS4 on anything except 2.6.32. DKMS always fails. I am using Linux 3.0 (compiled myself from Debian sources). I tried to install OSS manually but it always fails to compile. The error was annoying, if I disable regparm in oss4 it says unable to find regparm and fails to compile. If is enable it it tells me to disable and fails at the make install step.