Hi Andre! Am Fr, den 09.04.2004 schrieb Andre Costa um 23:54: > On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:43:11 +0200 > Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Nope, it's only /etc/modules-thing: I have posted my modules.conf in a > > previous mail, the important lines are: > > > > # OSS/Free portion > > alias char-major-14 soundcore > > alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 > > (alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 # if you have another soundcard) > > > > Then set up your applications to use OSS (usually default) or alsa, if > > supported. E.g I can run xmms with alsa or with oss output selected, > > there's no difference (In fact I heard of people who had problems with > > bad sound using alsa plugin. Also if you are using the on-screen > > display in xmms it will show the volume settings whenever a new song > > starts -> very annoying I think, so I chose OSS output.) > > That's odd... I just tried it here (my /etc/modules.conf have those same > lines), and with OSS xmms 'steals' sound device, and gxine is unable to > output any sound until xmms is closed. And then, if I run gxine before > xmms, it (xmms) refuses to play and complains someone else owns the > sound device -- which was precisely the problem that led me to write > that article. Any idea what might be the problem? I haven't tried gxine yet, I'm using totem for dvd. Stupid question: Do you have alsa-oss installed? $ rpm -qa *alsa* alsa-oss-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1 xmms-alsa-1.2.10-1.1.fr alsa-utils-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1 gnome-alsamixer-0.9.6-0.fdr.2.1 alsa-tools-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1 kernel-module-alsa-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1 alsa-lib-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1 alsa-driver-1.0.4-0.fdr.1.1 What soundcard are you using? Mine is a SB Live 5.1. BTW: I can enable esd in addition to alsa to play gnome system sounds or sounds from remote X sessions. Also works with aRts. > > > > I would really love to update that article if I were to make it > > > simpler=) > > > > No, I think it's ok! Your article is exactly how it should be done, my > > way is just for lazy one's :-) > > Thks, hopefully it will come out of this discussion a little bit better > ;) > > Thks for the help. > You are welcome. I really appreciate the work you and others at fedoranews.org are doing. Christoph
