Public bug reported:
I am using Kubuntu 6.06.
I have the KDE Sound System enabled. It means it prevents other applications to
get exclusive access to the audio device. The KDE Sound System releases the
resource if idle for 60 s (by default).
If I start Helix Player after the KDE Sound System has produced some sound
(e.g. system notifications) Helix complains it cannot oper /dev/dsp. If I wait
60 s after any sound and then launch Helix again, it works perfectly but no
system notifications (nor other sounds) can be played.
I have found a workaround.
Launching "artsdsp progname"
(http://www.arts-project.org/doc/handbook/artsdsp.html), all progname's
accesses to /dev/dsp are intercepted and mapped into aRts API calls.
The problem is "artsdsp hxplay" does not works being hxplay not a binary
executable.
Therefore I changed hxplay and it works great.
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57c57
< HXPLAYBIN=$HELIX_LIBS/hxplay.bin
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> HXPLAYBIN="artsdsp $HELIX_LIBS/hxplay.bin"
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Regards,
Luca
** Affects: helix-player (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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Helix not working with KDE Sound System enabled
https://launchpad.net/bugs/52736
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