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How do I replace Pulseaudio?

Previous answers refer to previous versions of Ubuntu. I'm having the same issues and dislikes with Pulseaudio in Natty as I had with previous versions of Ubuntu, so I want to replace it with something else. I'm looking for references to…
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oss-compat package does not create /dev/dsp

As I understand it, the oss-compat package is supposed to enable ALSA's OSS compatibility layer to create /dev/dsp files for your sound devices for compatibility with older applications. It's description states: The purpose of this package is for…
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How to give back to the OSS community without coding?

Possible Duplicate: How can I contribute to Ubuntu? I have been using Open Source software for a few months and loving it. Something is dawning on me, a feeling of wanting to give back. Though, I do not know how to do it, as I do not have money…
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Audio stopped working in 11.04

Today, maybe after some automatic updates, my audio stopped to work... Doesn't work anymore both with ALSA (the default one) and Pulseaudio.. So I've tried to install also OSS (doesn't work so I've removed). What can I try to do? :(
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no sound zynaddsubfx and JACK wont run

I am trying to run zynaddsubfx. When I start from the command line, I get this: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1378693/ When I start JACK I get this: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1378694/
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Audacious error pertaining to OSS4 on Lubuntu 16.04

The error reads: OSS4 error: The device file is missing from /dev. Perhaps you have not installed and started Open Sound System yet. The file plays regardless. What should I do?
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How to run Loki's port of Simcity 3000 on kubuntu 15.10 with sound on?

So I installed simcity 3000 on kubuntu 15.10 beta 2 successfully with all the patches needed to make it run on such a recent distro. However, I can't get the sound to run. Since the game still uses oss and I don't have I have '/dev/dsp' (which the…
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an audio device with an OSS driver in modern Ubuntu

My audio device has no driver in Linux. There's an OSS driver for it, MMUSBAUDIO. MMUSBAUDIO provides an OSS driver. It seems to work. When I cat foo.wav > /dev/sdp I get expected audio output from the card. Is there a way to use this in an…
Shahar 'Dawn' Or
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Using Cepstral Swift - Oss support after update to Ubuntu 22.04?

I use a Cepstral voice, with the swift commando. swift "hello" Some Ubuntu updates ago this didn't work anymore. The solution was to use an OSS wrapper (If I understand it well). padsp "hello" With the most recent update to Ubuntu 22.04 this also…
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How do I revert to ALSA?

I wanted to try out oss because sound on alsa is not great. I am on Ubuntu 16.04. Anyway I installed alsa-oss using sudo apt-get install alsa-oss but it didn't recognize my sound card (it's Realtek ac290). So I uninstalled it and now I don't have…
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No more virtual MIDI devices in Ubuntu 16.04

In Ubuntu 14.04 with oss-compat installed, I had this in /dev/snd: controlC0 controlC1 hwC0D0 hwC0D1 midiC1D0 midiC1D1 midiC1D2 midiC1D3 pcmC0D0c pcmC0D0p pcmC0D1c pcmC0D1p seq timer Now, in Ubuntu 16.04 (just lately migrated from 14.04 to 16.04…
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How I can deinstall OSS-LINUX audio drivers?

Ass official documentation says: DEB Package: dpkg –purge oss-linux I need to run this command through tty console, but when I run it, it gives me error. Erorr: unknown option -u
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Sound disappeared after OSS installation

I've installed the OSS backend from a deb64 package. And the sound in ubuntu is disappeared... Seems the audio card (hda nvidia) is not recognized anymore... What can I do? EDIT Sound now works, but OSS still don't... It seems to work not very well…
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Uninstall Linux OS's with GRUB

Is there a way to uninstall my 3 Linux OS's: Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Pear OS (Pear OS's Partition somehow got formatted, just the partition, not the OS) With GRUB so I can install everything freshly? I made a big mess and I think that I need to…
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Please Help With Old OSS Sound Application

I'm having super hard time trying to make an ancient programm (TeamSpeak2) to work under ubuntu 20.04 (tried with several versions of ubuntu same result). After weeks of googleing, I maybe found the problem. The program starts but I can't hear no…
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