I can't say I've tried Heretic 2 so I don't know how applicable this advice
is.
Under Mandrake 7.2 I couldn't get sound working for Quake III - same reason
No available audio device. Instead of killing artsd I disabled it from the
Control Panel, then logged in again. I had no sound problems wth Quake, or
a couple of other non-artsd aware applications.
The other possible solution might come from the artsd FAQ's, which if i
remember rightly can be accessed from www.kde.org. Apparently there is a
command line parameter that makes artsd release the /dev/dsp. Have a look
there - the problem might be solved by adjusting the way the games are
launched.
Like I said, I've had similar problems with games to you - but I had them
under 7.2. Hopefully they are easily solved under 8.0 as well.
Aaron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Praedor Tempus [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 4:27 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Anyone running 8.0 and play heretic2?
>
> Crap. I simply cannot get soundfx working with heretic2 under MD 8.0. It
>
> will not do it.
>
> I have libSDL and all that installed and sound works fine in KDE but the
> game
> only provides CD music, no soundfx and it gives me this:
>
> Initializing SDL sound
> Cmd_AddCommand: play already defined
> Cmd_AddCommand: stopsound already defined
> Cmd_AddCommand: soundlist already defined
> Cmd_AddCommand: soundinfo already defined
> Couldn't open SDL audio: No available audio device
>
> I checked /dev/dsp and it has rw permissions set for everyone (I even did
> a
> chmod 666 on it to make sure). I did not have this problem with Mandrake
> 7.2. What has changed, presumably in artsd, which prevents it from
> allowing
> anything but itself from accessing/using the sound system? What else can
> be
> done? It is NOT a proper or good option to have to kill artsd every time
> you
> want to play a game, but this is what I am left with, it seems.
>
> On Sunday 29 April 2001 06:28, Jerry Sternesky wrote:
> > I don't have heretic, but with Solider of Fortune, I had to change
> > permissions on /dev/dsp to get sound working.
> >
> > I did a chmod 666 /dev/dsp
> >
> > From a security stand point I honestly don't know if this is the best
> > approach or not. Before doing this check to make your users are in the
> > audio group, that fixed the problem for me when I had the same issue
> under
> > 7.2.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > On Saturday 28 April 2001 22:52, Praedor Tempus wrote:
> > > I have Heretic2 from Loki. Under 7.2 I was able to play this game
> fine
> > > and had sound. Now, since installing Mandrake 8.0, I no longer have
> game
> > > sound.
> > >
> > > I have posted to the Loki games newsgroup but get no help. I have
> libSDL
> > > installed and the game recognizes this (just as with 7.2) but I get a
> > > message: "Couldn't open SDL audio: No available audio device"
> > >
> > > What is this? Artsd didn't used to completely monopolize my soundcard
> > > under 7.2. Now under 8.0, it appears to be unwilling to release the
> card
> > > for use.
> > >
> > > Anyone have 8.0 and heretic2 with properly working sound? Is there
> > > something I need to do to my system like make /dev/dsp read-writeable
> for
> > > users?
>
> --
> Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
