No sound in Enemy Territory

wnaLinux · 11-03-2004, 08:48 AM

Hi, guys I recently installed enemy territory and when I started the game no sound at all.
I'm lost on this problem so any Ideas?

Phorem · 11-04-2004, 12:47 PM

Try changing permissions for /dev/dsp as root :

chmod 777 /dev/dsp

But, you'll have to do that every time the system boots, so add that command above to local.start. That worked for me.

Now, to see if that really is the problem, start ET in a console and check the output. If the problem is permissions, it will say that "cannot open /dev/dsp - permission denied" ...or something like that.

wnaLinux · 11-04-2004, 03:21 PM

I get this error when I start in the terminal

------- sound initialization -------
/dev/dsp: Input/output error
Could not mmap /dev/dsp
------------------------------------

RHLinuxGUY · 11-05-2004, 08:48 AM

Its the same problem with Return to Castle Wolfenstien, and Quake 3. There realy only a few workarounds, but only for a certain card, and another that is prone to crashing all the time. If you have a VIA chipset, with AC'97 audio then your in luck, if not, then go get yourself a Creative card.

wnaLinux · 11-05-2004, 12:59 PM

Yes, I have a via rhine AC,97 chipset, so what do I do?

AxeZ · 11-05-2004, 01:36 PM

Try starting it like this and see if it works.

artsdsp -m et

wnaLinux · 11-05-2004, 08:55 PM

I will give it a try and then I will post my results

wnaLinux · 11-07-2004, 10:25 AM

No, dont work I still get the same error. Any other ideas?

Psychosoft · 11-28-2004, 08:59 AM

try this "artsdsp -m et"

wnaLinux · 12-01-2004, 10:58 PM

Doesent work just says command not found. But if I enter the command like this (which works but still no sound) et artsdsp -m . This is what I get when I start it in the terminal

------- sound initialization -------
/dev/dsp: Input/output error
Could not mmap /dev/dsp

That help any?

wnaLinux · 12-01-2004, 11:08 PM

Sorry I was incorrect about it being ac97 and all its actually a VIA Rhine 823x rev60. So does this mean I have to get a creative card? My dad has one I think I will put it in now. So what do I do to change my sound from via rhine to creative sound blaster?

Psychosoft · 12-19-2004, 01:23 PM

ok After a fresh instalation of 10.1 i had the same problemz with sound and et.
what i did is:
#kcontrol
--->sound--->sound system
tick the box labeled enable the sound system
and then apply
after that
artsdsp -m et should work.
Hope this helpz

Borje · 02-12-2005, 08:39 AM

This solved the problem with me as far as being able to get sound in enemy territory but the thing is, the sound lags for about a second when playing (the sound of shots being fired at me comes a second late...) and anyone who has played enemy territory can see how that would be a problem...
Any solotions for this?

"cat /proc/asound/cards" gives this result:
0 [CK804 ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK804
NVidia CK804 at 0xd2003000, irq 10

Borje · 02-13-2005, 05:00 PM

solved the problem.
If you are experiencing the same problems check out
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=289541
It helped me...