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On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Subba Rao wrote: > For sound to work on Linux, is OSS the only current solution or are there free sound drivers? > Last time I purchased OSS driver, they said lifetime unlimited upgrades. Now that the driver supports > new hardware, they say I have to pay for it. The old license does not work on new hardware. It is not > a portable license. > > I have a WaveTable Sound card that came with the system. Are there any other solutions for sound > other than commercial drviers with "unlimited upgrades"? > > Thank you in advance. The linux kernel has free versions of the OSS sound modules. You need to re-compile your kernel to support them. I believe that these are the same exact modules that OSS provides for a fee, but you do not need to pay for them when you compile them with the linux kernel. -- Derek D. Martin | UNIX System Administrator derek at netria.com | dmartin at lancity.com - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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