could you print the output of:

ls -l /dev/dsp*

lsmod

su
[password]

lspci

thanks

Hi there,

ls -l /dev/dsp* gives:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jul 28 12:56 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0
crw-rw-rw- 1 se root 14, 3 Jul 28 12:56 /dev/dsp0
crw------- 1 se root 14, 19 Mar 4 19:13 /dev/dsp1
crw------- 1 se root 14, 163 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dsp10
crw------- 1 se root 14, 179 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dsp11
crw------- 1 se root 14, 195 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dsp12
crw------- 1 se root 14, 211 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dsp13
crw------- 1 se root 14, 227 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dsp14
crw------- 1 se root 14, 243 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dsp15
crw------- 1 se root 14, 35 Mar 4 19:13 /dev/dsp2
crw------- 1 se root 14, 51 Mar 4 19:13 /dev/dsp3
crw------- 1 se root 14, 67 Mar 4 19:35 /dev/dsp4
crw------- 1 se root 14, 83 Mar 4 19:35 /dev/dsp5
crw------- 1 se root 55, 0 Sep 15 2003 /dev/dsp56k
crw------- 1 se root 14, 99 Mar 4 19:35 /dev/dsp6
crw------- 1 se root 14, 115 Mar 4 19:35 /dev/dsp7
crw------- 1 se root 14, 131 Mar 4 19:35 /dev/dsp8
crw------- 1 se root 14, 147 Mar 4 19:35 /dev/dsp9
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 4 19:35 /dev/dspW -> /dev/dspW0
crw------- 1 se root 14, 5 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW0
crw------- 1 se root 14, 21 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW1
crw------- 1 se root 14, 165 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW10
crw------- 1 se root 14, 181 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW11
crw------- 1 se root 14, 197 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW12
crw------- 1 se root 14, 213 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW13
crw------- 1 se root 14, 229 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW14
crw------- 1 se root 14, 245 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW15
crw------- 1 se root 14, 37 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW2
crw------- 1 se root 14, 53 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW3
crw------- 1 se root 14, 69 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW4
crw------- 1 se root 14, 85 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW5
crw------- 1 se root 14, 101 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW6
crw------- 1 se root 14, 117 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW7
crw------- 1 se root 14, 133 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW8
crw------- 1 se root 14, 149 Jan 24 2004 /dev/dspW9

lsmod gives:

Module Size Used by Tainted: P
emu10k1x 14688 1
pnp 54100 1 [emu10k1x]
ac97 19936 1 [emu10k1x]
soundbase 591936 1 [emu10k1x pnp ac97]
sndshield 15372 0 [emu10k1x pnp ac97 soundbase]
binfmt_misc 7752 1
parport_pc 19204 1 (autoclean)
lp 9252 0 (autoclean)
parport 39072 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
autofs 13780 0 (autoclean) (unused)
e100 58468 1
tg3 57608 0
ipt_REJECT 4344 1 (autoclean)
ipt_state 1080 4 (autoclean)
ip_conntrack 31944 1 (autoclean) [ipt_state]
iptable_filter 2444 1 (autoclean)
ip_tables 16544 3 [ipt_REJECT ipt_state iptable_filter]
floppy 58908 0 (autoclean)
sg 37580 0 (autoclean)
sr_mod 18200 0 (autoclean)
microcode 5024 0 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 12400 0
ide-cd 35904 0
cdrom 34208 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
printer 9280 0
keybdev 2976 0 (unused)
hid 24740 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 20776 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 27436 0 (unused)
usbcore 82912 1 [printer hid ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
mousedev 5688 1 (autoclean)
input 6208 0 (autoclean) [keybdev hid mousedev]
agpgart 55428 3 (autoclean)
nvidia 2126632 6 (autoclean)
ext3 74148 1
jbd 56624 1 [ext3]
ata_piix 3908 2
libata 28516 0 [ata_piix]
sd_mod 13708 4
scsi_mod 111496 5 [sg sr_mod ide-scsi ata_piix libata sd_mod]


and lspci gives:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to AGP Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB2 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs [SB Live! Value] EMU10k1X
02:00.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs [SB Live! Value] Input device controller
02:01.0 Modem: Broadcom Corporation BCM4212 v.90 56k modem (rev 02)
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 01)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB (ICH5) PRO/100 VE Ethernet Controller (rev 02)

does sound work with the desktop? if so, try stopping arts (sound daemon for kde) and/or esd (sound daemon for gnome).
if not, then try:

su
[password]
rm /dev/dsp
ln -s /dev/dsp1 /dev/dsp

off to bed now......zzzzzz

Tried those, but no change.

When i start up Enemy territory, i noticed it gives this message:
------- sound initialization -------
/dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
Could not mmap /dev/dsp
------------------------------------

something is using /dev/dsp, you need to stop services until you find the culprit - to start with you can disable all event sounds on your desktop.
It is possible to have many apps accessing the sound card at once, something like 'arts et' you'll have to do a search on these forums for the best way to do that.

Sorry I have been on a short vacation. This seems to be a common problem with games using the quake 3 engine.

For Enemy Territory the fix is like this:
echo "et.x86 0 0 direct" >/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss

For Wolfenstein it should be like this.
echo "wolf.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss

I verified the ET fix does work but I don't have Wolfenstein so I am just guessing.

<EDIT> You must be using alsa-oss emulation for the fix to work.

Anyone having sound problems in Wolfenstein Enemy territory or other games can try the suggestions here. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnemyTerritory I am running Debian Etch, not Ubuntu, but the suggestions work for most distros. If not, change the commands a little bit to fit your distro.

Let me know if that helps.