[ale] sound support for Interwave card?

[Jim Philips]

My advice, if you're using RedHat 6.0, try the RedHat sound system
first. If that doesn't work, try ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture) and if none of those work, look to see if OSS supports
that card. OSS works fine with some picky sound cards, but it is a pain
when you go to upgrade your kernel or distribution. ALSA has a lot going
for it, but the documentation isn't great, as its creator seems
philosophically opposed to the idea of writing clear instructions. But
there is a mailing list.

Patrick Ramsey wrote:
> 
> If it's ISA and not PCI, you can use the free version of OSS....
> 
> I know it's on $20 otherwise, but why pay if you don't need it?  <grin>
> 
> >>> patrick widener <pmw at cc.gatech.edu> 07/21/99 03:37AM >>>
> 
> Has anybody else out there had the questionable luck of trying to get
> sound working with an Interwave card (aaah, the Compaq Presario)?
> Alternatively, does anyone have pro/con recommendations on 4Front
> Technologies' OSS product?  OSS appears to do the trick for my system
> and $20 definitely seems cheap to not have to worry about the whole
> deal; I was just wondering if anyone else out there has used OSS and
> can recommend for/against.  Thanks, and may all your children be born
> naked.
> 
> pat
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