Re: Bug#96251: [powerpc] xmms fails to play mp3/ogg files

[Michel Dänzer <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch>]

Colin Walters wrote:
> 
> Josip Rodin <jrodin@public.srce.hr> writes:
> 
> > Hmm. Could you try to reproduce this with an older kernel and a
> > newer glibc?
> 
> I forgot to mention that I can't use an older kernel (presuming you
> mean 2.2), because neither sound nor X will work on a TiBook with 2.2
> AFAIK, which pretty much precludes running XMMS :)

At least X should work there, not sure about sound.


> But I can confirm that it works for me with the Esound daemon, but not
> with OSS.  Hm.

Make sure that esd is set up to release the sound device during inactivity
(man esd, /etc/esound/esd.conf) and that you have permission to use /dev/dsp .


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