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Re: ALSA/SBLive problem



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On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 08:39:33PM -0600, Tom Schutter wrote:
> I am having problems setting up ALSA on my Debian box.  When I try to
> play an OGG file using XMMS, XMMS hangs.  When I try to play an OGG
> file using alsaplayer, I get no sound, and alsaplayer moves through
> the song at 30x.  The soundcard is builtin on a Dell Dimension 4550,
> but it is advertised as a SoundBlaster Live!

What worked for me on SBLive: ditch ALSA, use OSS.  It Just Works.
- From what I can tell, there is no difference in functionality between
the two on the SBLive, but ALSA is a massive, avoidable pain in the
ass for the same result.

- -- 
 .''`.     Baloo Ursidae <baloo@ursine.ca>
: :'  :    proud Debian admin and user
`. `'`
  `-  Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
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