[Bug 579300] Re: Please disable CONFIG_SOUND_OSS* and CONFIG_SND_*OSS*

[Dan McCombs]

+1 to annoyance.

I realized this change when I went to a LAN party that was playing
Unreal Tournament 99 and had no sound. I tried the alsa-oss package to
wrap it, but sound had a noticeable delay not suitable for games. My
concern is that this OSS proxy will raise the same problem whenever it
is included.

At the very least allow kernel OSS emulation to be easily enabled or
installed for users who need it without a kernel recompile, and make it
prominent in the release notes. Many of us have discovered this the hard
way.

Kernel emulation worked well, and OSS is still necessary for many old
native Linux games that will not be updated further. Please don't break
it without very good reason and a well tested replacement.

-Dan

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Please disable CONFIG_SOUND_OSS* and CONFIG_SND_*OSS*
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579300
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