Re: Sound not working
Jaap Haitsma wrote:
I now listed my soundcard driver (maestro3) in /etc/modules
Strange thing is that previously I'm pretty sure that it got loaded
automatically by the Debian boot process. Does debian have something
like redhat's kudzu that recognizes hardware changes or do I always
need to list the drivers in /etc/modules?
Sorry; I can't address that.
> 3) You're running a desktop environment like KDE or Gnome which expects
> a sound daemon like artsd or esd, and that daemon is not running.
> or
esd now is running. Out of curiosity what fires up esd? (I already did
some greps in /etc but can't find it)
I'm pretty sure that's part of the gnome-session start-up process, not
part of the general system start-up process.
> 4) Profit? (that's a "insiders" joke, if you don't get it)
Don't get it :(. (Until yesterday I was using Fedora)
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_subculture#Business_plans
Remaining problem that I have is that if I enable the Gnome Sound
Server to get sound working under gnome that Rhythmbox is refusing to
play because /dev/dsp is busy. If I disable the Gnome Sound server,
Rhythmbox plays fine. However if I start up xmms and also play a file
there it doesn't work.(I also see this in Fedora) It seems that I can
only play sound from one source. In windooz the card plays fine with
multiple sources.
Your applications need to be esd-aware. I don't know anything about
Rhythmbox, but xmms either is or can be made esd-aware; Right-click
within xmms, choose Options, then Preferences, then Output plugin.
--
Kent
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