well the microphone feedback is very good news... sounds like we're making some progress...

=)



anyways, it looks like you don't have xmms' alsa support installed... to install it just do a:


urpmi xmms-alsa


then your xmms should be ready to use the advanced linux sound architecture...

remember to close xmms before installing xmms-alsa and stuff...


also, you might wanna add some skins to your xmms while you're at it:


urpmi xmms-skins


of course you can install more than one package at a time... for example, this would install the two from above plus mpg video support and some eye candy:


urpmi xmms-alsa xmms-skins xmms-smpeg xmms-more-vis-plugins


or whatever else you want...

=)





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i've noticed that on some sound chips (mostly ac97 from what i've seen), on xmms you need to configure the output plugin to use software volume control... you do that by clicking on "configure" after selecting the output plugin (alsa in this case)... of course this is just a maybe... if your volume control has no effect, then you know you need to configure this...

CoOl skins and visuals ..HmmMm, BuT..bad news

I ran urpmi xmms-alsa, went back into xmms, selected the alsa driver that is there now, clicked aply, exited xmms, went back into it...and still no sound , I am worried that my onboard sound may not be compatable with Linux

when you enter xmms does the volume fall to zero immediately???

when you try to play an mp3 and there's no sound, is the spectrum analyzer on xmms active???

try this, just as a test, not as a replacement for xmms or anything:


urpmi mpg123


that would install a command-line based player...

once it's installed, try to play an mp3 with it to see if it works...

open a terminal and just type the command followed by the mp3s name... example:


mpg123 /home/kyle/radiohead-rabbit_in_your_headlights.mp3


also, post the output of these:

ls -l /dev/mixer

ls -l /dev/dsp


also try running the alsamixer, maybe the sound is muted or something:

alsamixer


if mpg123 gives you sound then xmms might just need some tweakin'... most likely you'd just have to play around in the "configure" option of the output plugin...

On alsamixer everything is up but Line In & PCM, I tried to turn them both up, but they dont turn up.

No sound when I do 'mp123 song1.mp3' says it is playing.

ls -l /dev/mixer
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 11 Mar 9 21:26 /dev/mixer -> sound/mixer

ls -l /dev/dps
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9 Mar 9 21:26 /dev/dsp -> sound/dsp

edit: forgot somethin

Yes the spectrum thingy (the bars that go up and down) do move.

well you need pcm to be up... if your alsamixer is like mine you just move around with the side arrows and modify the levels with the up and down arrows...

the spectrum being active is good news...

=)


you'll probably need to activate the software volume control i mentioned earlier... the volume control on xmms controls pcm by default...

Yea, I jsut edited my post up there and said that I cant turn line in, or PCM up, it wont let me. I can only turn all the other stuff up/down.

I want sound. I hate not being able to hear things!

hmmm... okay, what about using kde's built-in mixer... kmix...

it's in the kde menu in there somewhere...

i guess you can call it from the command line also:


kmix


also, this will sound stupid, but make sure your speakers are on...

i've never seen the spectrum on xmms work when the sound is not working... of course it might do that though, i'm not sure...

Yes, I have been to that already, that is where I turned the micophone feedback off, everything is up and lookin good there to, nothing muted..except the microphone thing that was causing those beeps and blips.

I broke my speakers while II was moving, right now I am using my sony MDR - V150 head phones.

okay your lsmod said you've got oss up also so try telling xmms to use oss instead of alsa... or also make sure the alsa configuration (in xmms) has the right device selected and stuff... of course that wouldn't explain why mpg123 doesn't get any sound out...

hmmmmm...

i'm sure your card has to work somehow, i mean it would have been impossible to get microphone feedback if it didn't work at all... plus your xmms is using the spectrum analyzer and everything... usually when your sound is not set-up right, xmms will give you errors, and even kde will give you errors... xmms will tell you to go check your sound card and all this stuff... right now it's as if like xmms feels everything is fine...

Hmm, I just unpluged my head phons, and pluged em back in, and it make the little...I dunno how to explain it, but if u unplug ur speakers, then plug them it, they make a little sound, and that usualy only happens when the sound is working...but im still not hearing anything.

I just noticed this, every time I start up XMMS, the volume is at zero, at the bottom of the grid.. DOes that mean anything?

Nope nvm, I just got it to stay up, made no difference

ANd yes, ALSA is using the correct device.. 'SiS SI7012' , the same device I used on Windows.

yeah i mentioned that earlier cuz i've seen it happen when the sound hasn't been set-up right... once it's right it seems it comes up at whatever volume pcm has been set or whatever volume you had it set last...

i'm still wondering why you can't control the pcm volume on your mixer... hmmm... not even as root in alsamixer???

did you select the software volume control option in xmms???