Bug 23337

Summary:	pulseaudio and alsa should require the ossp package for oss sound support.
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Dave Hodgins <davidwhodgins>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	Normal	CC:	tmb
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	MGA6TOO
Source RPM:	pulseaudio-12.0-2.mga7.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Dave Hodgins 2018-07-21 22:49:08 CEST

During a discussion on usenet, found out that the ossp package (unless
specifically selected) is only installed if the windowmaker desktop environment
is installed on Mageia 6 systems. Haven't checked cauldron, but expect it's the
same.

As per the comments in /etc/modprobe.d/snd-oss.conf from the sound-scripts
package, the snd-oss modules are blacklisted in order to allow providing oss
support via the osspd deamon.

While the sound-scripts package is installed on all Mageia systems by default,
the ossp package is not.

Easiest way to fix this would be to add the ossp package as a requires in the
pulseaudio and likely also in one of the alsaplayer packages.

Workaround is to manually install the ossp package for people running programs
that need oss sound support.

Dave Hodgins 2018-07-21 22:49:48 CEST

Whiteboard: (none) => MGA6TOO

Comment 1 Thomas Backlund 2018-07-21 23:03:59 CEST

NAK.

ossp is a dead project, and useless for most users...

CC: (none) => tmb

Comment 2 Dave Hodgins 2018-07-22 00:11:32 CEST

Ok. Thanks for the info.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX