markhobley@hotpop.donottypethisbit.com (Mark Hobley) writes:

> In comp.os.linux.misc AZ Nomad <aznomad.3@premoveobthisox.com> wrote:
>
>> http://justfuckinggoogleit.com
>
> The only documents that I can find are a programmers manual, and an API
> reference, and some internals at http://manuals.opensound.com/sources/
>
> What I need is a set of instructions to get this working with my
> soundcard.
>
> I found an official Users guide, but it reads as follows:
>
> OSS v4.0 User's Guide
>
> This guide is currently under construction

That can't be.
I just read the OSS propaganda (blog) and he touts his
documentation as one of the reasons OSS is superior to ALSA.
To be fair, he does admit his isn't complete either.

>> What the fuck is propeganda?
>
> That is a typing error. It should have read propaganda.
>
> I want to try out the OSS modules, rather than OSS emulation through
> ALSA emulation if this is possible with the soundcard that I have.

I think all your ALSA stuff is going to break.

Good luck.
I recently installed FC8 and ran into the pulseaudio stuff.
The Linux world keeps coming up with new stuff.