John, Thanks for your reply.
Perhaps I was not very clear about what I am trying to accomplish. I am able to play music from the workstation. I haven't tried mp3's but I can play wav files using "esdplay". The things that do not work is getting regular (system) sounds from the workstation. This includes the startup sound from kde, sounds generated from using instant messaging applications as well as sounds from games that use oss (including quake 3d). I have never been able to obtain these system sounds from the workstation coming out of the workstation speakers. They do have volume controls. Do you or anyone else know what is missing in order to get this working? Thanks, Rob >From: John McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "G. Major" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: LTSP Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] About Sound and LTSP 3.0 >Date: 10 Feb 2002 10:22:57 +0000 > >On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 04:10, G. Major wrote: > > > > I have the ltsp "almost completely working" at this point except for >sound > > on > > the workstation. The server is working fine, including OSS sound and I >don't > > want to break that. I am not using "local apps" on the workstation. >Although > > I > > may choose to do this at some point, I am hoping that it is not >necessary to > > get > > sound working. I need to use OSS sound from the workstation in order for > > certain applications to function properly. I am using the "cmpci" sound > > module. > >You don't need to have sound working on the server to play mp3s etc. out >of the clients. Crudely speaking, when a user logs on to the server from >a client, all they need to do is to run a program on the server which >can read the files and then fire the output to the right client. > >I know xmms works with the eSound plug in (I'm writing this on a >diskless workstation playing some lovely Enya tracks as I write) - I've >had problems with the OSS plug in with multiple clients. > >You don't need local apps on the client. However, you do need sound >enabled. It's also useful to have speakers with physical volume controls >on them - there is a per client volume control set on the server in >later versions of esound, but it's a bit crude. If you want full control >of the sound on the client, then you need to install a local app to do >it. > > > I am using the "aRts Driver (libartsout.so) for the server XMMS output > > plugin. I > > also have a number of entries in my server "mocules.conf" file that >relate > > to > > sound, including an "OSS/Free" portion. I have no problems with sound on >the > > server. > > I can play wav files from the workstation by running "esdplay" but >otherwise > > no > > sound comes from the workstation's speakers. If the same user is logged > > into > > the server and workstation, I get sound from the server's speakers that >is > > generated from the workstation If different users are logged into the > > workstation > > and server, I just get an error about the "dsp" upon booting the > > workstation. I > > can not get any sound generated from the workstation. > >As I understand it, the OSS driver sends its output to /dev/dsp - and >only one user can access /dev/dsp at a time. The eSound driver sends its >output via port 16001 to the appropriate client workstation. > > > Does anyone know how to accomplish this (OSS workstation sound without > > causing > > any server problems)? > >The esound software from K12LTSP is next to impossible to find on the >web, but it works. I keep a link to it from the 'software' page on >http://uk.homelinux.org. > >Good luck - John > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
