sound system

[slavik]

I think that this needs to be fixed ...

if a user has more than 1 audio device, then it should be possible for alsa to manage them properly ... ie: if a default device is selected as card 0 then ALL sound going through ALSA should go to card 0 (by use of dmix or dsnoop as needed).

also, /dev/dsp should be a virtual multi channel sound device that goes through alsa before being output to the actual sound device (use of dmix and dsnoop as required).

EDIT:
I have an Audigy and a USB headset.
ALSA is set to use the headset.
OSS applications using /dev/dsp (teamspeak, enemy territory, ut2k4, etc.) are routed to my Audigy card (they should be using the headset).

Also, settings need to be cleaned up. There should be an ALSA configurator that selects the default device.

using asoundconf to set the default card does exactly work very well.

[mabovo]

In my case ALSA is completely lost. I have Via8233 AC97 onboard integrated sound plus pci card Soundblaster Live emu10k1 with chipset Sigmatel something I don't remember code that Gnome doesn't recognizes. To complicate even more I have an Pixelview Pro chipset Conexant with BT878 - bttv driver and Philips tuner number 37 in the table that kernel 2.6.22.14-43 says it can't install due to error -22 ????.
Microphone is another device that ALSA treats as a separate device from sound system and if I try to plug my usb webcam Logitech Quickcam PRO 5000 with microphone integrated all together simple Gutsy can't deal with all these sound devices. Resuming the history, sound is the weakness part of Gutsy.

It's sad to say that the other blue OS recognizes everything but this kernel on Gutsy is very poor !

[mabovo]

I hope Gutsy + 1 brings a new kernel update with sound modules that work better.

[Madmoose]

Every other start up on both my computers the sound busts. Sometimes a hard reboot fixes it, sometimes just a soft reboot, but today I go without sound. It's getting annoying.

When the sound does work it pops, and is very poor. The only way to fix it is turning down the volume within your player, or install XMMS. If you use the equalizer, and set it to auto it will clean it up.

Yeah. For it being released tomorrow there is still a lot of bugs in the system. :(