On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Allan Mee wrote: > Hi > Bear in mind I'm new to Linux. I seem to have screwed up my sound system in > Linux. I installed some ALSA add-on for XMMS and I believe I was using OSS > sound drivers (auto-selected during installation). Since then, I've had > numerous problems with my sound system. I managed to get it working but XMMS > just quits immediately now when I try to run it. Do you think I should do a > fresh installation to put things back to normal or is there a quick fix? I > know I haven't geiven much info for people to go on, but I'm not at home at > the moment.
This isn't *really* cooker material, but: $ mv ~/.xmms ~/.xmms.bad $ xmms There isn't much point trying to use alsa output plugins when you're using oss drivers, so check which sound system you are using, and use the appropriate output plugin. Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
