Simultaneous sounds with ALSA?

[Mike Frisch]

On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 11:45:36PM -0700, Brian Bober wrote:
> One thing I noticed was that in the /etc/modprobe.conf, there was no
> OSS compatibility stuff listed in there. I wonder if that is the
> cause. The reason I wonder is because when I set up Alsa on my own, I
> put in the OSS compatibility layer.

I presume as long as the apps are alsa aware, there should be no need
for OSS emulation.  My sound on FC2 is not perfect (ie. I never hear
GNOME startup/shutdown sounds, but system sound events are played
normally).  According to the ALSA chart, my Intel 8x0 audio doesn't
support hardware mixing, so I don't expect alsa to multiplex sounds
without a sound daemon.