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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi I am re-building my audio machine and I wondered why we
need the commercial </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OSS</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> drivers. I
put on <span class=SpellE>RedHat</span> 9 and the free </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OSS</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> drivers with
that seem to work okay. Am I missing something here, are the free ones
deficient in some way or is this historical. Previously I had built it with the
ALSA drivers and all was okay, but I am having problems adding the module for
this with RH 9. It is a Dell workstation with SoundBlaster Live card.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>TIA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Steven <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>*****************************************<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Steven Jack<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'> of </span><st1:PlaceName><span style='mso-no-proof:
yes'>Glasgow</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span style='mso-no-proof:
yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Computing Service<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Glasgow</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'> G12 8QQ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="mailto:s.jack@compserv.gla.ac.uk">s.jack@compserv.gla.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Tel +44(0)141 330 3828 Fax +44(0)141 330 3820<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>****************************************<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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