Re: xine was unable to initialize any audio drivers (in sid)

[niclas w <niclaswmail@gmail.com>]

Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:56, niclas wahlgren
> <niclas.wahlgren@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
> > Kelly Clowers wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 22:45, niclas w <niclaswmail@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 'xine was unable to initialize any audio drivers'
> > error message when starting amarik.
> > No sound when using amarok(or any other player).
> > But I hear the startup and shutdown jingle...
> >
> > Any ideas whats wrong or how to find whats wrong?
> >
> > Using SID.
> >
> >
> > Do you use PulseAudio or ALSA or what?
> >
> > If you invoke mplayer on a sound file from the command line,
> > does it work and what does it say about the audio driver? It
> > will be something like:
> > AO: [pulse]
> > or
> > AO: [alsa]
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Kelly Clowers
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I am 'trying' to use ALSA.
> >
> > Result of mplayer and lsof:
> >     
> <snip>
>
> So, you are using KDE 3, right? I suspect the problem is arts, it
> usually was, when I was running KDE. Somewhere in the KDE
> sound settings there are options to use alsa directly and not
> start the kde sound server (arts). I would try setting it that way
> and then restarting, and see if things work.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Kelly Clowers
>
>
>   
I resolved the problem the following way:
>lsof /dev/dsp
COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
knotify4 4526   nw   14w   CHR   14,3      0t0 6690 /dev/dsp

<pkill knotify4

Now I have sound!

Thanks anyway.
/N