On Thursday 15 April 2004 10:06, you wrote: > > You don't say what desktop environment you're running, but if it has a > > sound daemon (such as aRTS in KDE), it's very possible the sound daemon > > has control of the audio device, and SDL can't use it. aRTS has a > > setting that releases the sound card device after a certain time > > period, usually one minute. Try launching frozen-bubble after aRTS > > releases the sound card. > > im using GNOME, so if anything it would be ESD, but i have it disabled, > and it doesnt turn up on ps -a > Since you're not using ESD, this probably isn't your problem: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200206/msg02461.html
However, it may be worth checking that you've got all the appropriate SDL packages installed. > > If you're not using a sound daemon, what output plugin is XMMS using, > > and are you running XMMS at the same time? > > OSS, and no, not at the same time > > If it helps, ive also had trouble running more than 1 app with ESD > (before i disbled it), for instance XMMS using ESD plugin and Rhythmbox > (gstreamer set to ESD), XMMS said something about the audio device being > unavalible, could this be based on the same problem? > It sounds like it is, though I thought ESD was supposed to fix such problems and allow multiple programs access to the sound card at once. > also, when i first installed the permission on /dev/dsp etc were all > wrong, i changed them by hand however perhaps there was something i > didnt know to change > > thanks for your swift reply > > Keir Lawson Well, my /dev/dsp is a link pointing to /dev/dsp0, and the latter looks like this: # ls -l /dev/dsp0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Apr 1 15:03 /dev/dsp0 but keep in mind I'm using 2.6.5, so if you're on a 2.4 series, your device files may be quite different (I'm not totally up to speed on those changes). I wouldn't suspect device problems, if some applications can use the sound card, unless those applications are running as root, or frozen-bubble is running as a non-root, non-you user (not likely). What happens if you set the environment variable "SDL_AUDIODRIVER" to "esd" when using ESD? Or does nothing work with ESD? If all else fails, set the SDL_DEBUG environment variable and start frozen-bubble from the command line, and paste the output. Justin Guerin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
