Some of my Etch sound apps have stopped working: Audacity, RealPlayer 10, XMMS.
Others continue to work OK: gxine, mplayer, VLC Media Player.
The error messages are:
Audacity: There was an error initializing the audio i/o layer
RealPlayer 10: Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be
using it.
XMMS: Couldn't open audio. Please check that: Your sound card is
configured
properly. You have the correct output plugin selected. No other program is
blocking the soundcard.
I can fix XMMS by changing the output plugin from OSS to ALSA (right-click ->
Options -> Preferences -> Output Plugin. This should not be necessary - my Etch
laptop works perfectly through ALSA with the Output Plugin set to OSS.
I can fix RealPlayer and Audacity by installing alsa-oss and running them from a
terminal using "aoss realplay" and "aoss audacity". I am sure that this should
not be necessary either.
Can anyone please suggest where to look for the cause of the problem?
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Chris.
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