Dan Espen <daneNO@MORE.mk.SPAMtelcordia.com> writes:

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

>> In comp.os.linux.misc AZ Nomad <aznomad.3@premoveobthisox.com> wrote:
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>>
>> What I need is a set of instructions to get this working with my
>> soundcard.

modprobe "name_of_module"


>>
>> 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.

Well, that is not hard. The documentation for alsa is terrible. Yes, the
oss docs are much better. You can use it to figure out how to program for
oss. But it is not a handholding exercise. You need to figure out which
module and install it. You need to make sure that all your alsa stuff
(snd-) stuff is uninstalled. (rmmod)