[squeak-dev] Sound Options on Squeak Linux - a Question

> I have a naive question about sound drivers: Squeak VM 3.9-8 ships with 2
> sound drivers (well 3):
>
> vm-sound-null
>   vm-sound-ALSA
>   vm-sound-OSS
>
> How does Squeak, at runtime, decide which of them is used?
>
> Is there a way to "ask" for one of them to be used first. For example,
> Linux can have either ALSA or OSS or both available, what is the process of
> deciding which will be used when sound is to be played?
>
> Thanks Milan

> > Is there a way to "ask" for one of them to be used first. For example,
> > Linux can have either ALSA or OSS or both available, what is the process
> > of deciding which will be used when sound is to be played?
> >
> > Thanks Milan
>
> You pass a command line parameter -vm-sound-<driver>. The default
> is -vm-sound-ALSA. If you want to check which sound module a running squeak
> process uses, use the command:
>  $ grep vm-sound- /proc/$(pgrep -x squeak)/maps
>
> Subbu