Two distinct issues -- sound & rxvt
 

Issue 1: Sound

Something I hear time and time again with Slackware is that people can't get their sound working. Often, it's just a matter of running "alsaconfig" and "alsamixer" and unmuting the volumes. Well, sadly, I've yet to find a fix for my sound issues. When running XMMS, I get the following errors in the terminal from which I ran it:
After a few searches around LQ.org I wasn't able to figure it out, though it could be that it's 5am. I'd really like your help on the matter.

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Issue 2: rxvt settings

There are many threads talking about Aterm and Eterm and Xterm not saving properly displaying settings detailled in the ~/.Xresources or ~/.Xdefaults file. However, none of the workarounds I was able to find helped. When I run rxvt (or xterm), I am presented with a prompt I don't like: black-on white text displaying "bash-3.00$". Until earlier today, it would put me in the /etc directory for an unknown reason, though the mystical Slack gremlins have assuaged that problem, it seems.

If I "su -" I get the correct root prompt (set in either /etc/profiles or in /root/.bashrc), but sadly the same does not happen if I su to the current user. Transparency and all that jazz I can figure out on my own, but the overwhelming problem exists that none of the settings are saved or are even used. Is this a known problem?

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Thank you for your time and help; as my signature says, I'm learning one command at a time :)

20-hr Bump?

hi there,

i will try....

1. did you actually run alsaconf? do you use the default slackware kernel? what is your sound card model? if you don't know what i am talking about post the following output
2. if you read the man page of bash you will find some usefull info about this issue with init files. you need to setup your personal .bashrc with your customizations and then create a .login with the line sourcing the file..

regards

slackie1000

Thanks for the help!

Default 2.4.39 kernel, my card is an internal Via AC97 audio controller. I'll check out the bash man page regarding that stuff; I didn't have to do it on my old KDE install so I didn't expect to.

And yes, I ran alsaconf and selected my card (it autoconfigured) before unmuting in alsamixer.

hi there,

i think you mean 2.4.29 .. :cool:

considering that alsaconf worked and you have a default install with a pretty common card i think the problem is in xmms.
the first warning you can forget.:
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the second one... hum.. which module are you using in xmms: alsa, auto, arts, oss??

regards
slackie1000

[edit] if you are using konsole, the bash issue can become weird.

I'm running Fluxbox (hence the first issue), and have set the module in XMMS to Alsa. I'll double-check right now to make sure it's still set...

Yup, still set to Alsa. Does it matter that I'm running it from a term window?


Edit:
Wow, I need to hit my head on something, hard. Deffinately missed he "Configure" button for the Output device module; what do you know, when you change it to the proper hardware, it works! Thanks for the help though :)

I guess after a bit of research I'll have both problems fixed. Thank you, sincerely, for your help!

hi there,

welcome mate!! :cool:

regards

slackie1000