[ntp:questions] chu and wwv audio driver problems in debian lenny

David Woolley david at ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid
Mon Dec 1 09:35:19 UTC 2008


jimmyterrence at gmail.com wrote:

> I grabbed a different computer (which unfortunately seems to use the
> same audio hardware) and did a new install of debian lenny.  This
> time, instead of using the oss drivers, I used ALSA, because they're
> newer and are supposed to be better supported.  Now I have the
> following audio devices in /dev/snd

I believe you will need an application compiled to use Alsa, although I 
believe there are options or tools, in Alsa, to emulate the older API. 
I have a feeling they also emulate the older device names.

> SOUND_MIXER_READ_DEVMASK: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> SOUND_MIXER_READ_RECMASK: Inappropriate ioctl for device

This will be the result of using OSS system calls on Alsa drivers.




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