To avoid having to issue this command manually in the future, you can add it to /usr/lib/oss/er, as suggested here. If you do not see any lines beginning with vmix, it probably means that vmix has not been attached to your sound device. You should see a line like vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON).

If you want to hear sounds from more than one application simultaneously, you need vmix, OSS's software mixer.Ĭheck that vmix is enabled by running: $ ossmix -a | grep -i vmix If there is no audio, try to adjust the volume or refer to the #Troubleshooting section. You should be able to hear music during the test process. Warning: The default volume is very loud, avoid using earphones and physically lower the volume of your speakers (if possible) before running the test. To completely remove ALSA from your system, you can compile a custom kernel and disable ALSA in its configuration. # lsmod | awk ' ' | grep snd | xargs rmmod To start using OSS without needing to reboot, check if any ALSA modules are still loaded (ALSA modules start with 'snd'): You can do this by blacklisting the soundcore module.Īfter blacklisting the module, you can enable oss.service to start at boot. Since ALSA is enabled by default in the boot scripts, you need to disable it so it does not conflict with OSS. This will install the OSS, run the OSS install script (temporarily disabling the ALSA modules) and install the OSS kernel modules. There is also a development version of OSS available with the oss-git AUR package. Install the oss AUR package or the package with non-free drivers oss-nonfree AUR. OSS supports MIDI devices with the help of a software synthesizer such as Timidity or FluidSynth.OSS has experimental output support for USB audio devices, but no input.Support for AC'97 and HD Audio dial-up soft-modems such as Si3055.Cross-platform (OSS runs on BSDs and Solaris).before 2002) cards can have better support. Some advantages and disadvantages compared to using the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. 7.4 Add additional HDAudio sound cards support.7.3 Microphone playing through output channels.6.10 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 SB1090 USB.6.6 Start ossxmix docked to the system tray on startup.6.4 Disable virtual mixing and COOKEDMODE to reduce distortion.6.1 More convenient and precise volume control.

Software Mixer Sound System