Re: no sound from alsa

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (26/01/06 15:42), [KS] wrote:
> Majors, Jason wrote:
> >>Do you get *any* error when trying to play a file in xmms? 
> >>for ex, do you get a window telling the audio card is busy.
> > 
> > 
> > No. It goes along just fine. If I have esd running and alsa selected as
> > the output for xmms, I get that error.
> > 
> 
> Try this as root:
> 
> Close your applications using the sound card
> 
> ~$ /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop
> ~$ rm /var/lib/alsa/asound.state
> ~$ /etc/init.d/alsa-utils start
> 
> Now try xmms and see if sound works.
> 
Well I don't know about Jason, but it's worked for me :)

I recently upgraded to 2.6.15 and switched from OSS to ALSA and was
following this thread with view to solving my no sound problem. 

Your suggestion sounded like the answer.... and it was :)

So you've made at least one punter v happy.

Thanks

Clive

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