Sound on Gentoo

[Chris H]

OK, Gentoo is up and running

XMMS plays me tunes nicely but I was wondering what sound setup I should have? I dunno what it uses at the moment as I don't remember installing anything.

But what should I be installing? Alsa, OSS. ESD?

Suggestions?

Ta.

[sunnylearns]

OK, Gentoo is up and running
But what should I be installing? Alsa, OSS. ESD?
Suggestions?
Ta.

Can you please be MORE explanative.?

i. To know what XMMS uses, just type Ctrl+P and look at the Audio I/O tab.

[Chris H]

Well it says OSS plugin, but as I can't remember installing OSS I wasn't too sure.

So should I leave it as it is? Should I install ALSA as every distro seems to have that installed by default?

Ta.

[variant]

ALSA is the replacement for OSS however ALSA is not yet ready to replace it in all situations.. if you have sound then you _really_ should stick with what you have allready.

[Chris H]

Ta Variant. Down that road I will go!