Date: 05 Nov 2000 13:44:02 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: will@physics.purdue.edu, wyldephyre2@yahoo.com (Haikal Saadh), advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CounterStrike Message-ID: <xzpem0qio6l.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Terry Lambert's message of "Fri, 3 Nov 2000 23:23:34 %2B0000 (GMT)" References: <200011032323.QAA15469@usr08.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> writes: > > > One thing that does suck about games under FreeBSD is that you need to > > > buy Open Sound System. (Unless you want to reinstall it every 30 days). > > What are you talking about? `device pcm' works fine for me under > > 4.1-STABLE and has always. > Your device pcm has the FreeBSD sound card API. Bollocks. It implements the OSS API, or at least tries to. If something doesn't work, submit a PR or, even better, patches, instead of just bitching and spreading disinformation. > Most games require a specific sound card API. This API is supported > natively in Linux, but FreeBSD does not support this API. To use > this API, you must have third party (OSS) sound card drivers, or > modify FreeBSD's API. When you suggest this to the sound driver > people, they tend to get belligerant and talk about how their API > is better than the Linux API. Not true. Have you even talked to Cameron about this? DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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