are you running kde? arts does funny things like take over the sound device.
many programs, including xine, compensate for this bu haveing a arts sound driver, look for options to set the sound output to arts. if the program you are running does not have an arts plugin/driver, you can start the program from artsdsp, like: artsdsp mpg123 *.mp3 Also, alsa does not "start" (as in a daemon starts and stays running), it provides a kernel driver module. Get used to asla, it is in 2.6 :-) Are you sure the driver you are using is not from alsa? whats it called? On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 15:40:04+1300 Michael<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm still having some sound difficulties on my Debian laptop. I get > all the system sounds okay (in gnome when I open and close windows, > log in etc it plays the wav files). But following the Linux Sound > HOWTO makes me think that there are some problems. The HOWTO suggests > that I can cat a wav file to the audio device and hear it play. "cat > /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/clicked.wav > /dev/dsp" does not work. > It sits there like it's doing something but nothing happens. > > ALSA is installed but does not run. I presume that since I have the > correct sound driver I don't need ALSA. I messed around a bit with > ALSA but couldnt get it to do anything meaningful (like start). I > wonder if I actually introduced these problems by installing ALSA in > the first place. > > In any event, I can play CDs but I can't convince either xine or glame > to play sound. When I run xine as a normal user (yes I have run > xine-check, what a GREAT utility) I get "main: audio driver probing > failed => no audio output". I can still watch the DVD but I don't get > any sound. Running xine as a root user I do NOT get that message but > still no sound either. > > For goodness sake, HELP! > Michael. > >
