I hope that this only applies to OSS and not OSS4.OSS has been derived from the Linux Sound Driver. Under Linux it is considered legacy, replaced by ALSA.
On the bright side, a query to the Debian archive database shows the packages are in sid.
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$ rmadison --architecture amd64 oss4-base oss4-gtk oss4-dkms
oss4-base | 4.2-build2006-2+deb7u1 | oldoldstable | amd64
oss4-base | 4.2-build2010-2 | oldstable | amd64
oss4-base | 4.2-build2010-5 | unstable | amd64
oss4-dkms | 4.2-build2006-2+deb7u1 | oldoldstable | amd64
oss4-dkms | 4.2-build2010-2 | oldstable | amd64
oss4-dkms | 4.2-build2010-5 | unstable | amd64
oss4-gtk | 4.2-build2006-2+deb7u1 | oldoldstable | amd64
oss4-gtk | 4.2-build2010-2 | oldstable | amd64
oss4-gtk | 4.2-build2010-5 | unstable | amd64
In stretch I've been able to purge alsa and pulseaudio easily but I use the mate desktop; things may be very different with kde or gnome.
I'm not asking for help with this but —maybe with a view to posting a how-to—I'd be grateful for any comments or suggestions. I'll just mention that I first tried the simplest solution of installing the oldstable packages in stretch using the gdebi package manager. Although there were no problems with dependences this didn't work.
I also backported OSS4 from sid source; again there were no problem with dependences but when I installed the resulting packages, again no luck:
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# dpkg -i oss4-base_4.2-build2010-5_amd64.deb oss4-dkms_4.2-build2010-5_amd64.deb oss4-gtk_4.2-build2010-5_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package oss4-base.
(Reading database ... 197807 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack oss4-base_4.2-build2010-5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking oss4-base (4.2-build2010-5) ...
Selecting previously unselected package oss4-dkms.
Preparing to unpack oss4-dkms_4.2-build2010-5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking oss4-dkms (4.2-build2010-5) ...
Selecting previously unselected package oss4-gtk.
Preparing to unpack oss4-gtk_4.2-build2010-5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking oss4-gtk (4.2-build2010-5) ...
Setting up oss4-base (4.2-build2010-5) ...
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults
Setting up oss4-dkms (4.2-build2010-5) ...
Loading new oss4-4.2-build2010 DKMS files...
Building for 4.9.0-3-amd64
Building initial module for 4.9.0-3-amd64
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.9.0-3-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/make.log for more information.
Setting up oss4-gtk (4.2-build2010-5) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (232-25) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
root@debian:/home/kedaha/OSS4backport# cat /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for oss4-4.2-build2010 for kernel 4.9.0-3-amd64 (x86_64)
Tue 1 Aug 11:28:56 CEST 2017
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64'
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_core.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/os_linux.o
/var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/os_linux.c: In function ‘osdev_create_201707312213’:
/var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/os_linux.c:162:10: warning: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers]
devpath = oss_pci_read_devpath (osdev->dip);
^
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_ac97.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_audio_core.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_audiofmt.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_grc3.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_spdif.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_default_timer.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_midi_core.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_midi_mapper.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_midi_parser.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_midi_queue.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_midi_timers.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_midi_stubs.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_mixer_core.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_core_options.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_core_services.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_memblk.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_remux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_sndstat.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/oss_uart401.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/vmix_core.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/vmix_input.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/vmix_output.o
LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/osscore.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/osscore.mod.o
LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/core/osscore.ko
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64'
make: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers'
echo "static const struct modversion_info ____versions[]" >> osscore_symbols.inc
echo " __attribute__((used))" >> osscore_symbols.inc
echo "__attribute__((section(\"__versions\"))) = {" >> osscore_symbols.inc
sed -e "s:^:{:" -e "s:\t:, \":" -e "s:\t\(.\)*:\"},:" < Module.symvers >> osscore_symbols.inc
echo "};" >> osscore_symbols.inc
make: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers'
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64'
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers/oss_ali5455driver.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers/oss_ali5455module.o
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers/oss_ali5455module.c:21:0:
/var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers/module.inc:52:13: error: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
.remove = osspci_remove
^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers/module.inc:52:13: note: (near initialization for ‘osspci_driver.remove’)
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers/module.inc:45:0,
from /var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers/oss_ali5455module.c:21:
/var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers/pci_wrapper.inc: In function ‘osspci_probe’:
/var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers/pci_wrapper.inc:58:3: warning: ignoring return value of ‘pci_enable_device’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
pci_enable_device (pcidev);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.0-3-common/scripts/Makefile.build:298: recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers/oss_ali5455module.o' failed
make[3]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers/oss_ali5455module.o] Error 1
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.0-3-common/Makefile:1507: recipe for target '_module_/var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers' failed
make[2]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/oss4/4.2-build2010/build/drivers] Error 2
Makefile:150: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed
make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
Makefile:8: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64'
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make[5]: *** [/usr/src/modules/oss4/drivers/oss_ali5455module.o] Error 1
│ /usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.0-3-common/Makefile:1507: recipe for target
│ '_module_/usr/src/modules/oss4/drivers' failed
│ make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/oss4/drivers] Error 2
│ Makefile:150: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed
│ make[3]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
│ Makefile:8: recipe for target 'all' failed
│ make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
│ make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64'
│ debian/rules:42: recipe for target 'binary-modules' failed
│ make[1]: *** [binary-modules] Error 2
│ make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/modules/oss4'
│ /usr/share/modass/include/common-rules.make:56: recipe for target
│ 'kdist_build' failed
│ make: *** [kdist_build] Error 2
I have "solved" the issue by basically following the same procedure—I wrote up in HOWTO: OSS4 on Debian Squeeze from source— for stretch except I downloaded a recent gpl'd stable tarball from upstream:
oss-v4.2-build2017-src-gpl.tar.bz2
Absolutely no problems building it in stretch and now I have superb OSS4 sound again and it works fine in chromium but not firefox.
Thank you for reading this.