[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#274918: alsa-base: no OSS emulation

[Luca Capello]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.6a-3
Severity: wishlist

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Hello,

I don't use the OSS emulation anymore, but I can't find an option to
disable OSS module compiling or, at least, the OSS module loading at
boot. In fact, every time you install or upgrade 'alsa-base', this
install a new /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base (and similar for modutils):
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root@gismo:/home/luca# cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm &&
/sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer &&
/sbin/modprobe snd-mixer-oss
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq &&
/sbin/modprobe snd-seq-oss
root@gismo:/home/luca#
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ATM I'm obliged to delete /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base or comment the
lines out, to disable OSS emulation at boot.

I remember that in ancient packages 'alsa-base' asks for loading OSS
emulation at boot [1].

Please consider re-adding such an option.

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca

[1] http://luca.pca.it/projects/asus/m3410c/#audio

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers experimental
  APT policy: (990, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-rc3
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii  alsa-utils                    1.0.6-3    Advanced Linux Sound Architecture 
ii  debconf                       1.4.38     Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                   2.10.2     Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  module-init-tools             3.1-pre5-7 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  modutils                      2.4.26-1   Linux module utilities
ii  psmisc                        21.5-1     Utilities that use the proc filesy

- -- debconf information:
* alsa-base/alsactl_store_on_shutdown: always autosave

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