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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
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On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso wrote:

> Q. I've loaded the modules corresponding to my sound card (SBAWE32) plus
> the snd-pcm1-oss driver in order to obtain backward compatibility but
> some applications doesn't run. For example, Multitrack seems to need a
> /dev/sndstat that doesn't exists, then when i try to run it i obtain the
> message: "Cannot open /dev/sndstat. No sounddriver loaded". Another case
> is kmix, wich says "There is no mixer support for your system". What can
> i do?

Some programs parse the /dev/sndstat file for the presence of some
OSS/Lite devices. It isn't good idea. Only OSS/Lite sound core provides
the /dev/sndstat file and it cannot be extended by drivers which don't use
the OSS/Lite sound core, although they are OSS/Lite compatible.

New ALSA driver (available only on CVS) doesn't provide the obsolete
/dev/sndstat file for 2.2.x kernels now. If ALSA will provide this file,
you cannot use ALSA + OSS/Lite drivers together in one system.

> A. ????

Simple. We can try ask application authors why they are writing broken
software.

Or you may create some /dev/sndstat file with proper contents.

							Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
Academic Computer Centre, University of South Bohemia
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