Re: play-sound-file & esd

[David Hansen]

On Wed, 03 May 2006 08:48:56 +0200 Jan Djärv wrote:

> Another issue is the sound drivers in the kernel.  The old
> OSS drivers does not allow more than one open to the sound
> device, but the newer ALSA drivers do.  The new ALSA drivers
> are default in the Linux kernel now, so the original problem
> does not occur if you are using ALSA drivers.

But only if your Soundcard has a hardware mixer (as most
cheap on board chips don't have).  Or do i have to enable
this feature explicitly in my kernel config?

David