Re: No Sound After Playing XMMS
TW wrote:
> Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 11:51:29AM -0600, TW wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> After playing music with the XMMS application, I seem to be unable
>>> to hear sound after closing the XMMS app and going to watch videos at
>>> Google Video (or anywhere else on the web). I've looked over the net
>>> and couldn't find the answer to this. The sound is fine, but, after
>>> listening to XMMS audio, I have to log out (and back in) in order to
>>> hear sound over the internet. The reverse isn't a problem, though,
>>> meaning that I can listen to Google Video and then play XMMS without
>>> problems. What am I missing? Thanks in advance. ~Telly
>>>
>>
>> esd getting in the way?
>>
>> How is your XMMS configured? ALSA? Esd?
>>
>>
> It was configured with OSS. ~Telly
>
>
XMMS should still work with Alsa in Etch even when it is configured for OSS (the
default). Other apps may be affected by the underlying problem eg Audacity.
A similar problem was resolved in the recent thread "Some ALSA apps stopped
working" [1].
I suggest that you check that /dev/dsp exists:
# file /dev/dsp
/dev/dsp: ERROR: cannot open `/dev/dsp' (No such file or directory)
If you get an error, re-create it and check again:
# modprobe snd_pcm_oss
# file /dev/dsp
/dev/dsp: character special (14/3)
Check that XMMS now works even when configured fo OSS.
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/06/msg02712.html
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Chris.
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