On Tuesday 23 Dec 2003 9:15 pm, Darryl Adams wrote: > On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 19:05, Maureen wrote: > > robin wrote: > > > Derek Jennings wrote: > > >> On Monday 22 Dec 2003 11:10 am, Maureen wrote: > > >>> I get a lot of static and the bells work but it won't play the intro > > >>> or any of my games music. When I start KDE it gives an error message > > >>> about not being able to use the sound without a lot of clicks and > > >>> static and to run artswrapper as root or setuid root. I tried to run > > >>> artswrapper as > > >>> root, below is a copy of my shell when I did so. I ran ps to see what > > >>> was running that would use the sound device, there isn't anything I > > >>> see. > > >>> I am using Mandrake 9.2 with onboard AC97 sound chip. It's using the > > >>> via82cxxx_audio driver. The board discription is ?VT82C686 [Apollo > > >>> Super > > >>> AC97/Audio], and the module is ?snd-via82xx. Your help is greatly > > >>> appreciated. TIA, Moe > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# artswrapper > > >>> > > >>> >> running as realtime process now (priority 50) > > >>> > > >>> Error while initializing the sound driver: > > >>> device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Device or resource busy) > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# ps > > >>> PID TTY TIME CMD > > >>> 1049 pts/1 00:00:00 su > > >>> 1052 pts/1 00:00:00 bash > > >>> 1097 pts/1 00:00:00 ps > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# > > >> > > >> First Configure KDEControlPanel>Sound>SoundSystem>SoundI/O > > >> > > >> and set it to use Alsa sound server. > > >> If that does not help install the alsa-utils RPM package. > > >> Make a copy of your /etc/modules.conf file and then run > > >> alsaconf > > >> Alsaconf will rewrite your /etc/modules.conf file with the correct > > >> configuration for your sound card, but will not put in the lines > > >> which are not to do with sound. You must put those back in by hand > > >> from your backup. > > > > > > I had the same problem, but running alsasound was not necessary - I > > > just went into the KDE manager, reset sound to alsa and everything > > > worked fine. The funny thing is that sound was alreqady set to alsa, > > > but I had to set it again to make it work. > > > > > > Sir Robin > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > Thanks Derek, I reset to alsa sound server and all is fine. didn't even > > have to alsaconfig.
On Tuesday 23 Dec 2003 9:15 pm, Darryl Adams wrote: > Thanks for the reply and the original post, it saved me some time > researching. I have sound working better, but XMMS is now slowing down > and has strange distortion in the sound. What setting in KDe should i > set the sound card for? (this seems to be the culprit...) > xmms is not a KDE app and so does not use the KDE arts sound server by default. Instead it uses one of a number of possible output plugins. The default output plugin is the OSS sound server. If your computer is set to use Alsa sound server it will still work so long as your sound modules are correctly configured because Alsa supports an OSS emulation mode. However it will then suffer from the same disadvantages as OSS (such as only one app can use the OSS sound server at a time). Running alsaconf will help configure OSS emulation for you. You may find xmms works better if you use a different output plugin. Right click on xmms>Options>Preferences Available output plugins include alsa, arts, oss, enlightenment. (You may need to install the plugins using your Mandrake Software Installer.) One thing I found with my sound card (Via8233) is that if I use the Alsa output plugin, I had to select the xmms Alsaplugin>Configure>Advanced option and uncheck the box for 'mmap mode' or else xmms would play silently. I had the same issue with the game 'Enemy Territory' The fix for that is here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=21 derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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