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Execute_Method

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From: Tennessee

Registered: 2008-07-26

Posts: 105

[solved] oss-hg

Hi all,
I am trying to get my OSS4 installation up to the latest build from mercurial. For some reason though, after install, it still shows an old version in "ossinfo". I am running a Xonar Essence STX, and the card is detected correctly, and the functions for the build shown are working properly, but to get more functionality (Headphone output), I need to have the latest.

I checked the source that was downloaded, and the latest changes ARE there, so I know the source is being downloaded right.

What am I doing wrong here?

Latest build: V4.2-build2006-rev942.

$ ossinfo
Version info: OSS 4.2 (b 2005/201111292009) (0x00040100) GPL
Platform: Linux/x86_64 3.1.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Dec 22 09:11:48 CET 2011 (zillah)

Number of audio devices:	2
Number of audio engines:	7
Number of MIDI devices:		1
Number of mixer devices:	2


Device objects
 0: osscore0 OSS core services
 1: oss_cmi878x0 Asus Xonar Essence STX (AV100) interrupts=15086451 (15086452)
 2: oss_usb0 USB audio core services

MIDI devices (/dev/midi*)
0: CMI8788 UART (MIDI port 1 of device object 1)

Mixer devices
 0: CMedia CMI8788 (Mixer 0 of device object 1)
 1: AC97 Input Mixer (CMI9780) (Mixer 1 of device object 1)

Audio devices
Asus Xonar Essence STX (AV100) (MultiChannel)  /dev/oss/oss_cmi878x0/pcm0  (device index 0)
Asus Xonar Essence STX (AV100) (SPDIF)  /dev/oss/oss_cmi878x0/pcm1  (device index 1)

Nodes
  /dev/dsp -> /dev/oss/oss_cmi878x0/pcm0
  /dev/dsp_in -> /dev/oss/oss_cmi878x0/pcm0
  /dev/dsp_out -> /dev/oss/oss_cmi878x0/pcm0
  /dev/dsp_ac3 -> /dev/oss/oss_cmi878x0/pcm1
  /dev/dsp_mmap -> /dev/oss/oss_cmi878x0/pcm0
  /dev/dsp_multich -> /dev/oss/oss_cmi878x0/pcm0

As you can see, I am still on build 2005, but yaourt says I have rev942 installed, which should be b2006:

$ pacman -Qi oss-hg | grep -A 1 Name
Name           : oss-hg
Version              : 942-1

Your help is much appreciated.

Last edited by Execute_Method (2012-01-04 13:12:14)

Execute_Method

Member

From: Tennessee

Registered: 2008-07-26

Posts: 105

Re: [solved] oss-hg

I have tried manually removing the package, oss dir, kernel modules, reinstating alsa, testing sound, and then reinstalling. This has not worked.

One of the maintainers at opensound has verified the source is correct, so IDK where to go next with this.

Radioactiveman

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From: Germany

Registered: 2010-05-13

Posts: 388

Re: [solved] oss-hg

Just installed oss-hg and I can reproduce it.
If you find no solution, try to patch oss from Community with the right patch file.

$ pacman -Qi oss-hg | grep -A 1 Name
Name           : oss-hg
Version              : 942-1

$ ossinfo | grep info
Version info: OSS 4.2 (b 2005/201111292009) (0x00040100) GPL

Execute_Method

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From: Tennessee

Registered: 2008-07-26

Posts: 105

Re: [solved] oss-hg

Patching worked like a charm. Thanks for your help. That was my first time. Feels good man.

Also, I marked this thread solved, but the problem with the aur PKGBUILD still exists, of course.