strange sound problem

Joshua Altemoos joshua at navyjosh.us
Tue Jun 10 06:59:05 EDT 2003


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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