Alsa + slacware10 = limited sound

darklordzim · 08-27-2004, 06:28 PM

okay, i'm not a total newbie to linux.. but i'm fairly new to slackware. i'm running slackware 10 and for some reason, when i set up ALSA, it detects my nforce2 card and installs the drivers. but when i try to play sound with more than one application (example xmms and totem) totem will crash, no two apps can use sound at the same time, so i cant even play noises on GAIM while listening to music... its just kinda irritating.. i know its not a problem with my sound cards ability to do so, because under windoze it worked fine.. i just need to know how to configure my sound fully..
does anyone have any help?

i've tried .asoundrc and asound.conf with no avail.. i'm pulling at straws now.. but if someone knows what to do, i'll dance from joy

thanx

PenguinPwrdBox · 08-27-2004, 10:57 PM

Try alsaconf to reconfigure it.
If all else fails - use aRtsD.

darklordzim · 08-27-2004, 11:08 PM

i'd heard that dropline gnome and swaret can cause problems
so i did a fresh install..

still having problems here we go:

here is my lsmod

Code:

bash-2.05b$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
nvidia               4584684   6 (autoclean)
snd-pcm-oss            37736   0
snd-mixer-oss          12504   0 [snd-pcm-oss]
usb-ohci               19240   0 (unused)
ehci-hcd               17580   0 (unused)
usbcore                59308   1 [usb-ohci ehci-hcd]
snd-intel8x0           18924   0
snd-ac97-codec         49500   0 [snd-intel8x0]
gameport                1420   0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm                56072   0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0]
snd-timer              13604   0 [snd-pcm]
snd-page-alloc          6328   0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart         3200   0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-rawmidi            12740   0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device          3888   0 [snd-rawmidi]
snd                    30852   0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore               3396   4 [snd]
8139too                14376   1
mii                     2272   0 [8139too]
crc32                   2880   0 [8139too]
ide-scsi                9328   0
agpgart                43940   3

here is my modules.conf

Code:

bash-2.05b$ cat /etc/modules.conf
# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.5 ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

alias char-major-195 nvidia

anything else you need.. lemme know i'll get it ASAP i'm tired of this sound giving me poop

i'm running fluxbox now on slack10 and one of my problems is ESD quits on me. :/ if i start it in a console, it will just quit after a little while so i lose sound that way

any help is apreciated

suslik · 08-28-2004, 12:00 AM

see "Sound can't multitask" thread

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Short answer: That behavior you described is normal.

Long answer: Universally accepted, full-proof software sound mixing (a la DirectX, DirectShow) is not implemented in Linux by default. You have to use sound applications that use the same "sound server" like aRts (KDE) or whatever (ESD i think) (Gnome) for playing all of your files. Otherwise, you get the Three Stooges effect on the sound card input.
Alternatively you can to set up a dmix for ALSA, but, switching away from XMMS to your-desktop-environment-based MP3 player is easier.
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