That's what I'm trying to do and why I'm trying to get the sound card to work, it was in a previous part of this thread. I'm trying to find out what drivers to load how for ALSA with a soundblaster live. Thus spake Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com): > Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > >I have a soundblaster Live. I've historically used the OSS drivers as > >they've worked well for me. I just tried to load the emu10k1 which > >loads without error, but mpg123 says it can't open the default sound > >device. > > > I am biased, but, it would be nice for people to start testing the > "official" 2.6 sound drivers, ALSA. The ALSA API has many benefits over > OSS, but needs wide-spread testing and validation. > > Jeff, who is long tired of hacking on OSS drivers :) > > :wq! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Harris | GPG Key ID: E344DA3B @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. Diagnosis: witzelsucht IPv6 = robert@ipv6.rdlg.net http://ipv6.rdlg.net IPv4 = robert@mail.rdlg.net http://www.rdlg.net