strange sound problem

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Tue Jun 10 08:43:33 EDT 2003


If your referring to gnome-sound-properties, that just lets you turn the
sound server on or off and assign different sound associations, it
doesn't allow you to use a different sound server or tell you which one
it is using, that's what I want to find out
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 06:59, Joshua Altemoos wrote:

> That Should be in conf---Gnome---Sound
> 
> Quoting Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>:
> 
> > I put a separate card in and it works fine. I checked /dev/audio,
> > /dev/mixer and /dev/dsp, all three were owned by the person logged in at
> > the time. I was about to install alsa but didnt have the time and just
> > installed the card. How does one tell Gnome which sound server to use in
> > the first place?
> > On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 23:43, Robert Dege wrote:
> > 
> > > RH9 by default uses the OSS Sound modules.  I'd suggest checking ownership
> > > & permissions of the device files (dsp/mixer/etc.)
> > > 
> > > Using lsof, check to see if esound is still binding to dsp after logout,
> > > or if it's a zombie process.
> > > 
> > > -Rob
> > > 
> > > > by the way, this is with Gnome and the sound server is esd
> > > > (enlightenment sound)
> > > > On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 21:37, Cyber Source wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hey all,
> > > > >   If anyone can give me a clue....... I have a problem that I just
> > > > > FINALLY diagnosed. I thought it was a hardware issue but it's not. I
> > > > > have a RH9 box with a brand new Gigabyte MB w/onboard sound. I found
> > > > > that if someone logs in and then logs out, then someone else logs in
> > > > > and tries to log out the system hangs. I found that the first person
> > > > > still had the sound open, when I kill the process of the sound, the
> > > > > machine stops hanging and I can then log out. Any idea as to why this
> > > > > would happen and how to stop it?
> > > > > --
> > > > > Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Dege
> > > 
> > > So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
> > > .... If They Weren't Happening To Me
> > 
> > -- 
> > Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
> > 

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Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
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