New amd64 system with KDE, trying to get sound working. Almost there. First issue I had was that the sound driver apparently doesn't work if compiled into the kernel. If you compile it as a module, it does work. Second, I didn't have the -arts flag enabled before I compiled KDE. (Followed the install instructions at the Gentoo wiki. Not sure if it omits to mention it or if I skipped it when reading.) Then added new useflags for various codecs. (In the last couple of days, I've recompiled all or most of KDE three times.) I now have sound working, and can play MP3s. I can not, however, play ogg vorbis, including the system sound oggs.
Use flags are: USE="64bit widescreen -gnome offensive slang unicode mozdevelop kde \ kdecards xinerama opengl qt3 X arts avi live matroska mpeg \ oggvorbis real theora xanim X aac opengl sdl xv dvd dvdnav dvdread \ 3dnow 3dnow2 mmx mmx2 mmxext sse sse2 3dnowext a52" oggvorbis is selected. [I] media-libs/libogg Available versions: 1.0 1.1 ~1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 Installed versions: 1.1.3(15:15:59 09/06/07) Homepage: http://xiph.org/ogg/ Description: the Ogg media file format library LIbogg version 1.1.3 is installed. KPlayer, given an ogg file, keeps failing with the same error over and over until I either close it or hit the stop button: MPlayer SVN-r24130 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (Family: 15, Model: 12, Stepping: 0) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE SSE2 Playing /mnt/media/Music/rock/Marilyn Manson/Antichrist Superstar/Marilyn Manson-Antichrist Superstar-12-Antichrist Superstar.ogg. ID_VIDEO_ID=0 libavformat file format detected. [mp3 @ 0x941680]Could not find codec parameters (Audio: mp1, 80 kb/s) LAVF_header: av_find_stream_info() failed Exiting... (End of file) Trying to play an ogg directly from mplayer, I get: root@/# mplayer Disturbed-Believe-03-Awaken.ogg MPlayer SVN-r24130 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (Family: 15, Model: 12, Stepping: 0) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE SSE2 Playing Disturbed-Believe-03-Awaken.ogg. [Ogg] stream 0: audio (Vorbis), -aid 0 Ogg file format detected. Clip info: Name: Awaken Artist: Disturbed Album: Believe Track: 3 Genre: Metal Creation Date: 2002 ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 160.0 kbit/11.34% (ratio: 20000->176400) Selected audio codec: [ffvorbis] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg Vorbis decoder) ========================================================================== mcop warning: user defined signal handler found for SIG_PIPE, overriding [AO ARTS] can't connect to aRts soundserver [AO SDL] Samplerate: 44100Hz Channels: Stereo Format s16le mcop warning: user defined signal handler found for SIG_PIPE, overriding [AO SDL] Unable to open audio: No available audio device AO: [null] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) Video: no video Starting playback... A: 2.5 (02.5) of 269.2 (04:29.2) 0.6% It recognizes the ogg, and appears to be playing it, but there's no sound. It complains that it can't connect to an arts soundserver, but: root@ /# ps aux | grep arts ddjones 7550 0.0 0.5 42928 10484 ? S Sep18 0:00 /usr/kde/3.5/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -a alsa -d -b 16 -s 60 -m artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f artsd is running. Any ideas or hints appreciated. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list