Like the subject line says... all quiet on the Gentoo sound front, which is bad when I want music. Here's what mplayer says (note the last 4 lines)...
[d530][waltdnes][~] mplayer /home/misc/movies/flv/dancing_monkeys.flv MPlayer dev-SVN-r26753-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team CPU: Genuine Intel(R) CPU 2140 @ 1.60GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 2) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2 Playing /home/misc/movies/flv/dancing_monkeys.flv. Cache fill: 3.96% (1328800 bytes) libavformat file format detected. [lavf] Video stream found, -vid 0 [lavf] Audio stream found, -aid 1 VIDEO: [FLV1] 320x240 0bpp 29.970 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s) ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family Selected video codec: [ffflv] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg Flash video) ========================================================================== ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 AUDIO: 22050 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 8.0 kbit/1.13% (ratio: 1000->88200) Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) ========================================================================== [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:996:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Device or resource busy DVB card number must be between 1 and 4 AO: [null] 22050Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) mpg123 doesn't work [d530][waltdnes][~] mpg123 /home/misc/music/pop_standards/Tennessee_Waltz_-_Patti_Page.mp3 ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:996:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave [alsa.c:146] error: cannot open device default [audio.c:517] error: failed to open audio device [mpg123.c:709] error: Failed to initialize output, goodbye. neither does mpg321 [d530][waltdnes][~] mpg321 /home/misc/music/pop_standards/Tennessee_Waltz_-_Patti_Page.mp3 No default libao driver available. my make.conf contains the following lines of interest USE="-* X a52 aac bzip2 dga doc dri exif ffmpeg flac gif jpeg mmx mng mp3 mpeg nptl nptlonly nsplugin offensive ogg opengl png posix sse sse2 theora threads tiff truetype vim-syntax vorbis win32codecs wmf xcomposite xpm xv xvid zlib" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" and uname says... [d530][waltdnes][~] uname -a Linux d530 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 #1 SMP Wed Aug 13 02:42:40 EDT 2008 i686 Genuine Intel(R) CPU 2140 @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Any ideas? -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>