[NTLUG:Discuss] Microphone

[Bobby Wrenn]

Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com wrote:
> 
>  rec (or sox) is just reading the device file, /dev/dsp or /dev/audio.  To find
> out whether the driver is actually working, just "cat /dev/dsp" and talk into
> the mike.  If you don't see data events, the driver is not working.  Start
> looking for different drivers in OSS, then ALSA or 4-front drivers.
> 

How do I see data events? What is OSS, ALSA, and 4-front?

thanks
Bobby
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