Hi Christoph =) On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 04:52:08 +0200 Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert@xxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 I don't have a alsa-oss package installed ~ rpm -qa | grep alsa gnome-alsamixer-0.9.6-2.fr alsaplayer-0.99.76-1.fr xmms-alsa-1.2.10-1.1.fr alsa-lib-1.0.2-2.fr alsa-driver-1.0.2c-1.fr kernel-module-alsa-1.0.0-0.rc2.1.fr_2.4.22_1.2174.nptlcustom alsa-utils-1.0.2-1.fr but OSS emulation does seem to be working AFAICS: ~ cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.0rc2 emulation code) Kernel: Linux shadow 2.4.22-1.2174.nptlcustom #1 Thu Feb 19 08:41:55 BRT 2004 i686 Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: ALSA emulation Card config: NVidia nForce2 at 0xea082000, irq 9 Audio devices: 0: NVidia nForce2 (DUPLEX) Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Midi devices: 0: NVidia nForce2 MPU-401 Timers: 7: system timer Mixers: 0: Realtek ALC650 rev 3 I got my packages from freshrpms.net, where did you get yours from? > What soundcard are you using? Mine is a SB Live 5.1. It's a nForce2 onboard. > BTW: I can enable esd in addition to alsa to play gnome system sounds > or sounds from remote X sessions. Also works with aRts. Yeah, I guess I could do it here, too. However, I would rather not use esd or aRts, if possible. > > Thks for the help. > > > You are welcome. I really appreciate the work you and others at > fedoranews.org are doing. Thks. It feels good to think this can help folks out there. It's made by users for users;) It's good that fedoranews.org folks host contributions like these. Best, Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
