F7 Sound Server won't share

unknownmosquito · 10-07-2007, 02:35 PM

I have no idea why, but my ALSA just will not share!
If I am listening to music, that's the only sound that will ever come from my speakers. This is annoying because if I want to watch a movie clip, I actually have to exit Amarok to do so, before opening Xine.

Help? Ideas?

tpetri1807 · 10-07-2007, 05:07 PM

Are you running Gnome or KDE?
Assuming it's KDE (since you mentioned Amarok)...
I suppose you have the KDE sound system enabled?
Try running non-KDE applications via artsdsp:

Code:

artsdsp application

unknownmosquito · 10-07-2007, 10:49 PM

no, thanks for the help but I am indeed running Gnome; I just like Amarok, and am thus using ALSA (I think) but the non-sharing is very OSS-esque...
I'm not even really sure how to check.. Sound is one of my weak points with Linux

tpetri1807 · 10-08-2007, 05:35 AM

Gnome also has a sound server; it's called esd. I'm not sure how to set it up, though.

unknownmosquito · 10-08-2007, 08:41 PM

well.. I just don't know.. and now firefox won't make a sound period.. I know it did at one time.

I've tried

Code:

aoss firefox

and that doesnt work, I've made sure esd is running and alsad is not, I've made sure it's only esd running.. but the same problem..
I just don't know....

Incidentally this is Fedora 7.. if I forgot to mention.

unknownmosquito · 10-08-2007, 08:48 PM

incidentally, Xine reports

Code:

load_plugins: failed to load audio output plugin <alsa>

when it fails to capture the audio device (which is being hogged by Amarok)

Am I missing some key component of Alsa?