947777 – media-sound/gtkguitune-0.8: requires CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS

Bug 947777 - media-sound/gtkguitune-0.8: requires CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS

Summary: media-sound/gtkguitune-0.8: requires CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Low normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Sound Team

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Reported:	2025-01-09 14:47 UTC by Midgard
Modified:	2025-01-09 20:17 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Screen capture of gtkguitune in use, absolutely failing to show the pitch of the guitar in the designated meter even when fiddling with the (undocumented) settings (file_947777.txt,114 bytes, text/plain) 2025-01-09 15:36 UTC, Midgard	Details
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Description Midgard 2025-01-09 14:47:44 UTC

gtkguitune relies on the OSS interface at /dev/dsp.

However, when I got this program to work, it was thoroughly unusable to tune a guitar even in ideal acoustic circumstances, so my suggestion would be to just drop it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Compile and boot your kernel with CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS disabled
2. Start gtkguitune
3. gtkguitune complains about not finding /dev/dsp and exists

Comment 1 Midgard 2025-01-09 15:36:43 UTC

Created attachment 916189 [details]
Screen capture of gtkguitune in use, absolutely failing to show the pitch of the guitar in the designated meter even when fiddling with the (undocumented) settings