At Fri, 7 Feb 2003 14:17:56 +0000, Stuart Gardner wrote: > > > > both XMMS (using OSS) or MPlayer (using OSS or ALSA) hang as soon as they > > > attempt to access the soundcard. > > > > do you mean the kernel lock up? > > no oops? > > My bad. The application itself hangs. I press ctrl-c in the shell that I > launched it from to kill it. In the case of MPlayer. It then pops up the > error: > MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: ao2_init > My guess is that MPlayer has blocked waiting for alsa to do something. > XMMS just quits without saying anything. ah, then check whether artsd is running up. you can suppress it in the kde control center.
> > most likely the hang-up has nothing to do with the error above, > > unless the hang-up happens by accessing the mixer. > > can you use the mixer before playing something? > > Just tried this. Alsamixer and KMix (which uses OSS) both detect the right > things and work fine. > > Another small, possible buglet I have found. > Despite following the website and doing... > ./configure --with-cards=intel8x0 --with-sequencer=yes > ...to configure the thing, the following additional modules get installed: > /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-gus-synth.o > /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-emu8000-synth.o > /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1-synth.o > /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/sound/pci/trident/snd-trident-synth.o > /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/sound/synth/emux/snd-emux-synth.o this was already fixed on cvs. ciao, Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user