oss-compat simply does not work
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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oss-compat (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
According to the package description it is supposed to provide ensure compatibility to programs that are still trying to access the old /dev/dsp interface. But it does not do that.
And looking at the list of files provided in the oss-compat package in Precise, how could it? It supplies only a changelog, a license text file, and some directories, nothing else. In short the package seems to be completely useless in Precise. If there is simply no way to supply /dev/dsp in Precise, please remove oss-compat entirely as it serves no purpose then.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: oss-compat 1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 17 08:39:06 2012
Dependencies:
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: oss-compat
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-30 (17 days ago)
As an alternative, start your program with padsp:
padsp <program_name>