Re: Sound problems
Greg Foster <gfoster9055@comcast.net> writes:
> I have been having problems with my sound from day one, The only thing
> that works is streaming music from another computer or playing mp3 on
> this computer.
Oh, well, this is not too bad. But /please/ be specific: Which apps do
work for you?
> If I use system sounds X lock ups.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What do you mean by "system sounds"?
> Same results in KDS
^^^
You mean KDE, right? If so, then "same results" _as_ in what?
> The error i get now from xmms is:
> Please check that:
> Your sound card is configured properly
> You have the correct output plug in selected
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So which output plugin /is/ selected? Look it up in the XMMS
preferences dialogue.
> No other program is blocking the sound card
>
> Error I get from most other programs is:
> Error while initializing the sound driver:
> device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such device)
Which programs do you mean by "most other"?
> The sound server will continue, using the null output device
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This message comes from KDE, right? So your issue is unrelated to GNOME.
You should look up the sound server settings in the KDE control
center. On a system with a 2.6 series kernel, you would typically want
arts to use ALSA for sound output.
> The /dev/dsp is on my system owned by root, group of audio
Is your user account a member of the 'audio' group? The "groups"
command should reveal the answer.
If not, you can add it by executing the command "adduser [your
account] audio"
Please log out of KDE/GNOME/Whatever and log back in for the change to
take effect.
Anyway, /dev/dsp is a legacy device. It is only needed for older
programs that use the OSS drivers.
KDE programs output sound through arts, GNOME programs typically use
esound. (Please make sure that libesd-alsa0 is installed, rather than
libesd0). XMMS can use a variety of backends, you have to configure
it. If you want to use XMMS in KDE, you need to install xmms-arts.
In GNOME, you should ensure that GStreamer uses esound for sound
output. (run "gstreamer-properties")
> I would also like to get all speakers working on my system.
>
> My system is a:
> AMD 2.6
> FIC AU13 motherboard
> On board sound nforce2 6 channel
> Radeon 9600 256mg video card
> 200gig hard drive
> 20gig hard drive
> CDRW Liteon
> DVDRW Liteon
>
> Does not matter what kernel I use
> I am currently using Kernel 2.6.8-2-k7
Is alsa-base installed? Are the alsa modules loaded?
> I am fairly new to Linux
Well, obviously so. ;-)
Thanks,
Johannes
P.S.: The debian-user mailing list might be more appropriate for such
kind of questions.
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