I usually run as 'karthik', and for most, I am the only one who really
works on this machine. The quick fix worked -- xmms is able to play
mp3s now. Thanks!!
-K
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, at 2:36pm, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> At 05:20 PM 4/25/2004 -0400, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
> [...]
> > > 8. Throughout my response, I've interpreted "unable to hear audio" as
> > > meaning that the system fails silently ... that is, the "cat" process runs
> > > to its conclusion without objection, but no sound actually comes out.
> > (BTW,
> > > this isn't a very good way to play sound files, but it should make noise
> > > nonetheless.) If this interpretation is wrong, please correct it with
> > > appropriate details.
> > >
> >
> >I am sorry, I should've specified -- its not as if there is silence, I
> >hear some weird buzzing noises on the cat command.
>
> Oh, that's VERY different. You are getting sound, just not the sound you
> want to get. The "cat" approach is not a good way to try to play music
> files, not even .wav files ... the exact output you'll get is a bit
> unpredictable ... but "weird buzzing noises" are a definite possibility,
> even from a working system.
>
> See the next set of comments below.
>
> >Other things are that trying to play mp3 files via xmms gives a dialog box
> >asking me to check:
> >That the soundcard is configured alright
> >The correct output plugin is selected
> >No other program is accessing the soundcard
>
> What userid are you using to run xmms? It needs either to be root or some
> userid that is a member of group "audio", based on this part of your
> response (deleted above):
>
> ># ls -lF /dev/dsp
> >crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Mar 14 2002 /dev/dsp
>
> If it isn't, you'll get the message from xmms that you report (it's a bit
> misleading, but it really is the one you get ... I had this exact problem
> on a new system last week), since xmms is running under a userid that does
> not have permission to write to /dev/dsp . Since (I think) your system has
> you as the only real user, you can select the easy fix of
>
> chmod 666 /dev/dsp
>
> to avoid this problem. Or try running (say) mpg123 as root. Or add your
> preferred userid to the audio group (edit /etc/group, then do a brand new
> login using the userid) and try xmms again.
>
> >I started with the first suggestion -- the output plugin selected is the
> >OSS driver, and I don't think there are any other applications trying to
> >access the soundcard.
>
>
>
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