In article , Unruh wrote:
Alsa actually is the hardware drivers. pulse is a layer above
alsa (like Jack). OSS is a different set of drivers. alsa has an
oss emulation layer.

OK ... I thought ALSA went some way beyond 'mere' hardware drivers, but
perhaps not. I did mention that sound on Linux was a black art!

Until I started fiddling with lirc I would have said that sound was
*THE* hardest thing to grok on Linux!

Cheers,
Daniel.