Audio confliction ( post #1)

When I attempt to start up an application that utilizes sound after having already started XMMS, I receive no output from the newly executed program. Specifically, this happens after I select a folder of songs to play and then try to start up Quake3, ET, or UT. The playlist in XMMS will continue, and I'll have sound for a bit. But, after the next song finishes, that'll be the end of it. Keep in mind that this happens all while I still have absolutely zero output in the aforementioned applications. I've posted the console's spewings of --> ls /sbin/lspci

code:

/sbin/lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. A7V8X motherboard
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: f2000000-f36fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f3700000-f7ffffff
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80a1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80a1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80a1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d000 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80a1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
Memory at f1800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80a1
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (p rog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80a1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at b800 [size=16]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80a1
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 3
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80a1
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
I/O ports at b400 [size=256]
Memory at f1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV20 [GeForce3] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. AGP-V8200 DDR
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 11
Memory at f2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Memory at f3800000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
Expansion ROM at f37f0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0



Hopefully, someone that has experienced a similar problem can identify what's occurring in my box and offer assistance. I appreciate any time spent on helping me out. Thank you.

Hi.

Have a squiz over here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...postid=1614348

Dave

Hey, thankyou for replying. I had this posted over in Hardware for almost a week with no response. Unfortunately, what you directed me to doesn't seem to be working. I'm to put .asoundrc into my root directory, correct? Any idea as to why this isnt working?

What if you play the songs with mpg321 or something similar? Do the songs still play?

.asoundrc should be in your home directory.

Hey ilikejam, that still doesn't seem to be working. Any other ideas?

I think the problem is that your games are using OSS, instead of ALSA natively.

You might get some joy from this page:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=DmixPlugin

Dave

Hey, thanks alot ilikejam. Your most recent post ended up throwing me into the right direction. Once you told me that my apps were probably using OSS instead of ALSA, I found myself reading a similar post at this address. Scroll down to pwk.linuxfan's fourth post if you're interested.

Very interesting. That post explains some weirdness I experienced a while ago using Audacity...

Cheers, man.

Dave