Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Kernel OSS vs ALSA | Date | Fri, 15 Oct 1999 19:18:57 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> - What about statically linked binaries?
If they are statically linked to glibc ask the vendor to provide you with it as an object module to relink. (See the LGPL)
> - How easily can esd be retrofitted to multiplex to multiple users?
esd already mixes and multiplexes. Thats why ever gnome app can go ping and boing at the same time.
> Yes, all this stuff could be done by retrofitting esd. But that forces > people to run one particular daemon, rather than having an interface for
esd is a protocol and a daemon.
> daemons, and allowing developers to just send their stuff to /dev/audio > without a second thought. In my particular situation, I don't really want > to run esd--I'd rather have a lightweight, custom program that does _only_ > what I need it to do.
I don't follow you. How can you multiplex audio with other people if you only want to do the bits you need. What about the bits _THEY_ need.
> - Framebuffer forwarding. Another thing I'd like in an X-terminal > environment. A device manager could sit there translating > framebuffer data to X protocol as it comes in, allowing people to > run svga programs over the network (and on the same machine, in > X)
Fix svgalib to do X11. Solving the problem is a lot more efficient than handling the mess if you dont.
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