Re: No sound with SDL apps
On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 11:39 -0600, Justin Guerin wrote:
> On Thursday 15 April 2004 12:11, Keir Lawson wrote:
> > > You said that you got exactly the same error trying the ESD SDL. Did
> > > you also set the SDL_AUDIODRIVER environment variable to esd before
> > > starting FB?
> >
> > yup
> >
> > > Perhaps you'll get more useful information from lsof. Try "lsof |
> > > less" then look for all the device files in use (or grep for /dev/dsp,
> > > if you're sure that's your audio device). You should see a line like
> > > this: artsd 1297 jguerin 13u CHR 116,16
> > > 179597 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
> > >
> > > if anything has the audio device open. In my case, arts does. If
> > > anything has the audio device open, FB won't be able to play sounds.
> > > Any luck with lsof? You may have to run it as root, if you think a
> > > root (or process running as any user besides yourself) might have the
> > > device open.
> >
> > greping, or searching manually reveals no such lines or similar
> >
> > Keir Lawson
>
> OK, well, perhaps your sound device is in a strange location, or something.
> Check out all the environment options from here:
> ftp://ptah.lnf.kth.se/pub/misc/sdl-env-vars
>
> You may want to try setting some of those options, especially:
> AUDIODEV
> The audio device to use, if SDL_PATH_DSP isn't set.
>
> SDL_DSP_NOSELECT
> For some audio drivers (alsa, paud, dma and dsp), don't use
> select() but a timed method instead. May cure some audio problems,
> or cause others.
>
> SDL_PATH_DSP
> The audio device to use. If not set, SDL tries AUDIODEV and then
> a platform-dependent default value (/dev/audio on Solaris,
> /dev/dsp on Linux etc).
>
> Though I suspect you'll end up having to file a bug report. It seems that
> only SDL_DSP_NOSELECT would change things, since /dev/dsp is the Linux
> default.
>
> If all else fails, file a bug report.
exporting SDL_PATH_DSP to /dev/dsp worked!!! thanks a lot, now where can
i put this line so that this is done automatically for all users?
Keir Lawson
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