On Monday 13 February 2006 10:51, Shane Shields wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 04:42 +0000, John Gay wrote:
> > I've tried using set s_driver oss, stopping the sound server and artsdsp
> > quake4, all with the same result, the Quake4 initialization can't
> > find /dev/dsp, and disables sound.
>
> First of all you can check your /dev to see if there is an actual dsp
> device.
No, there isn't, but that doesn't keep KDE from making sound, or mplayer from
working when I stop the artsserver with artsshell suspend. I know what's not
there, I just don't know what is, and why everything else seems to work fine.
> If so then try catting some text file to it to see if you get a
> screech from your speakers (I generally use modprobe.conf). IIRC alsa
> also creates a /dev/adsp device which you can use for legacy progs. The
> error messages if any will tell you whether the device is in use or non
> existent.
>
This isn't there either. I don't know where the sound devices are, I just know
that they work for most apps, just not Quake4.
> > I know this is weak on critical info, but I don't know what files to look
> > at and post for better troubleshooting. I'm sure it's something simple
> > I've missed, but I've never understood sound card setup properly, so I
> > guess now's as good a time as any to dig into it.
>
> A little bit more info would help :) try checking permissions, group
> access and loaded kernel modules too.
The only relevant line from dmesg is:
Feb 13 11:08:49 john kernel: intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 49640 usecs
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
appletalk 37140 2
ax25 62308 2
ipx 30500 2
md5 5568 1
ipv6 250432 10
nfsd 211584 8
exportfs 6784 1 nfsd
lockd 63272 2 nfsd
sunrpc 130564 2 nfsd,lockd
af_packet 21192 2
wacom 15744 0
ehci_hcd 32904 0
uhci_hcd 31888 0
ohci1394 33780 0
ieee1394 303192 1 ohci1394
snd_bt87x 14152 0
tuner 28456 0
tvaudio 23524 0
bttv 152272 0
video_buf 19524 1 bttv
firmware_class 9856 1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit 10824 1 bttv
v4l2_common 6720 1 bttv
btcx_risc 5896 1 bttv
tveeprom 13656 1 bttv
videodev 9344 1 bttv
e1000 102516 0
ohci_hcd 20932 0
nvidia 3710696 12
snd_intel8x0 30976 2
snd_ac97_codec 80568 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm 84612 5 snd_bt87x,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 23172 1 snd_pcm
snd 48164 7
snd_bt87x,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 9440 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9604 3 snd_bt87x,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_amd756 7364 0
i2c_amd8111 7168 0
i2c_core 20096 7
tuner,tvaudio,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_amd756,i2c_amd8111
amd64_agp 12104 1
agpgart 31696 2 nvidia,amd64_agp
usbcore 112092 5 wacom,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd
evdev 9280 0
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
and the sound devices seem to be here?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ file /dev/snd/*
/dev/snd/controlC0: character special (116/0)
/dev/snd/controlC1: character special (116/32)
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: character special (116/24)
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: character special (116/16)
/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c: character special (116/25)
/dev/snd/pcmC1D0c: character special (116/56)
/dev/snd/pcmC1D1c: character special (116/57)
/dev/snd/timer: character special (116/33)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
Let me know what other things might help.
Cheers,
John Gay
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