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ossdetect(8) User Commands ossdetect(8) NAME ossdetect - Open Sound System audio device detection program. SYNOPSIS ossdetect [-diuv] [-m<mode>] [-L<path>] DESCRIPTION The ossdetect application performs automatic detection of soundcards. The application looks at the /usr/local/lib/oss/etc/device.list and performs automatic detection. It will create a file with the list of the configured drivers in /usr/local/lib/oss/etc/installed_drivers. The Input Multiplexer driver (IMUX) is not configured by default and can be added to the OSS configuration using the -i option. OPTIONS -d Create device file links. -i Adds the oss_imux driver. -m<mode> Create nodes with permissions set to octal <mode>. -u Adds the oss_userdev driver. -v Verbose output. -L<path> Use <path> as root directory for OSS files. Default: Path from /usr/local/etc/oss.conf, followed by /usr/local/lib/oss. SEE ALSO ossdevlinks(1), ossinfo(1) FILES /usr/local/sbin/ossdetect AUTHOR 4Front Technologies 30 July 2026 ossdetect(8)
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