AOSS(1) General Commands Manual AOSS(1)NAME
aoss - Wrapper script to facilitate use of the ALSA OSS compatibility library.
SYNOPSIS
aoss osscommand [arguments]
DESCRIPTION
aoss is a simple wrapper script which facilitates the use of the ALSA OSS compatibility library. It just sets the appropriate LD_PRELOAD
path and then runs the command.
This is useful in cases where routing settings (which can be made in your .asoundrc file) need to be applied to commands that use the OSS
API.
Examples of asoundrc configuration:
pcm.dsp0 { type plug slave.pcm "hw:0,0" }
or
pcm.dsp0 { type plug slave.pcm "dmix" }
In the above configuration examples, the pcm.dsp0 definition is used to wrap calls do /dev/dsp0. You can also wrap usage of /dev/dsp1,
/dev/dsp2, etc. by defining pcm.dsp1, pcm.dsp2, etc..
The PCM name to open can be given explicitly via ALSA_OSS_PCM_DEVICE environment variable, too. This overrides the default dsp0, etc.
Note on mmap: aoss mmap support might be buggy. Your results may vary when trying to use an application that uses mmap'ing to access the
OSS device files.
Arguments
osscommand
A command that uses the OSS API
arguments
The appropriate arguments and options for the OSS command.
AUTHORS
The OSS compatibility library is by Abramo Bagnara <abramo@alsa-project.org>. The aoss script and this document are by James Tappin
<james@xena.uklinux.net>.
3 October 2001 AOSS(1)
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ossdevlinks(8) OSS System Administration Commands ossdevlinks(8)NAME
ossdevlinks - Open Sound System legacy device management utility.
SYNOPSIS
ossdevlinks [-vr]
DESCRIPTION
The ossdevlinks utility creates and manages old style (legacy) device files for OSS audio, MIDI and mixer devices.
In previous versioms OSS used "flat" device numbering for the device files (for example /dev/dsp0 to /dev/dspN). OSS version 4.0 and later
uses different naming scheme. The ossdevlinks utility is used to manage the legacy device names as symbolic links to the new style devices.
OPTIONS
Normally ossdevlinks is used without command line arguments. However there are a few command line options.
-f<name>
Write legacydev file to <fname>.
-N Do not actually modify device files
-r Reset the legacy device numbering (do not use).
-v Verbose output
The -r option may invalidate audio device selections in the setup files of various applications. This is considered highly undesirable.
Applications using wrong audio devices may cause serious security and privacy problems. For this reason the -r option should never be used
unless there are no other ways to recover from serious audio/sound related problems. After that users should review the audio settings of
all the audio applications they are using.
SEE ALSO ossinfo(1)FILES
/usr/sbin/ossdevlinks /var/lib/oss4/legacy_devices /dev/dspN /dev/midiNN /dev/mixerN
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201424|9999|OSS|622010|RGT|00378228764
201424|8888|OM|587079|RGT|00284329675
201424|7777|OM|587076|RGT|00128671024
201424|6666|OM|581528|RGT|00113552084
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