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

[Colin Walters <walters@cis.ohio-state.edu>]

Michel Dänzer <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch> writes:

> Colin Walters wrote:
> > 
> > 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.

The problem I was running into with 2.2 was that I got no video at all
after bootup unless I passed video=ofonly, which means X can't run.

> > 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 .

I don't think ESD or permissions are the problem; as I said in one of
my previous posts, mpg321 works on mp3s just fine (without ESD).