Re: No sound with SDL apps
On Thursday 15 April 2004 10:58, you wrote:
> > Since you're not using ESD, this probably isn't your problem:
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200206/msg02461.ht
> >ml
> >
> > However, it may be worth checking that you've got all the appropriate
> > SDL packages installed.
>
> SDL packages seem fine, interestingly when i installed the ESD package
> instead of the OSS one (to see if that worked, as you suggested), i got
> exactly the same error
>
> > Well, my /dev/dsp is a link pointing to /dev/dsp0, and the latter looks
> > like this:
> > # ls -l /dev/dsp0
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Apr 1 15:03 /dev/dsp0
> > but keep in mind I'm using 2.6.5, so if you're on a 2.4 series, your
> > device files may be quite different (I'm not totally up to speed on
> > those changes).
> >
> > I wouldn't suspect device problems, if some applications can use the
> > sound card, unless those applications are running as root, or
> > frozen-bubble is running as a non-root, non-you user (not likely).
> >
> > What happens if you set the environment variable "SDL_AUDIODRIVER" to
> > "esd" when using ESD? Or does nothing work with ESD?
>
> how do i do this?
> i tried "export SDL_AUDIODRIVER esd", but FB produced the same error
>
in a shell, do "export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=esd", then launch FB from the same
shell: "frozen-bubble"
> > If all else fails, set the SDL_DEBUG environment variable and start
> > frozen-bubble from the command line, and paste the output.
>
> agian, how do i do this
>
> once agian, thanks for the speedy reply
>
> Keir Lawson
# export SDL_DEBUG=true
# frozen-bubble
<debug output>
Post the debug output, and hopefully, we can help.
Justin
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