Re: How do I get sound to work?
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 09:08:00PM -0700, rob bains wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I'm using woody. I installed ac97_codec using modconf, but sound still
| doesn't work in gnome apps like xmms. It gives an error message..
|
| Couldn't open audio
| Please check that:
| 1. You have the correct output plugin selected
| 2. No other programs is blocking the soundcard
| 3. Your soundcard is configured properly
|
| I selected enable sound server startup in the gnome control centre,
| and rebooted, but it won't play anything.
Exactly. You start 'esd' which opens the sound device (usually
/dev/dsp). Then you start xmms which also tries to open the sound
device, but can't because esd has it. You need to configure xmms to
use the 'esound' output plugin instead of the 'oss' one.
-D
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