Alsa and Sound

Xptos · n00b Joined: 29 May 2002 Posts: 53 Location: Japan

My card, ess maestro 3, is supported via the kernel driver. Do I also need ALSA support for my system to work properly?

lx · Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 8:47 am Post subject:

No, well I don't think you need it (i'm using alsa), only should use it if the kernel driver lacks some functionality that alsa can support. (I'm using it for my sblive and because I like the package :lol:

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Cya, lX
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jay · l33t Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 980

Anyway I would recommend to use alsa. The 2.6 kernels will have it built in, so it's a good idea to use it from now on, so your apps will (hopefully) working with the 2.6 kernels in the future as well.
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Zu` · l33t Joined: 26 May 2002 Posts: 716 Location: BE

Maybe the best thing to do is read up about alsa on their website

http://www.alsa-project.org