Default soundcard bug (was Re: Microsofts new way of bashing Linux)

[Lee Revell]

On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 22:05 +0200, Jan Claeys wrote:
> Op za, 17-06-2006 te 13:18 -0400, schreef Lee Revell:
> > I can confirm what Michael sees with GAIM -
> > "Preferences->Sounds->Method" gives me the choice of Automatic, Arts,
> > ESD, and Command - no ALSA!  So of course the default sound device
> > selection cannot work. 
> 
> Both "Automatic" and "ESD" should work (and should use ALSA).

OK, thanks.  How exactly does Automatic work?  Does it try to connect to
ESD or use ALSA directly?

So mixing is still happening in ESD rather than using ALSA's dmix?

Where can I find ESD's ALSA settings?

(It's hard for me to test the most common config as I only have hardware
mixing devices)

Lee