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Old 04-23-2004, 04:27 PM   #1
ViN86
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how to make/run startup scripts/commands


hello. i hate these noobish questions that i cant find answers to, so here it goes.

in order to run a program called TeamSpeak and a game (ET and RTCW) at the same time (two programs requiring sound) i need to first disable the input on the games, because TeamSpeak uses the input, and two programs cant do that at the same time through ALSA (im told)

anyway, i run these commands to get the programs to work:

echo "et.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss
echo "et.x86 0 0 disable" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss
echo "wolf.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss
echo "wolf.x86 0 0 disable" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss

well, each time i restart my comp, i need to re-enter these commands. so, how can i get these commands to run at startup? do i put them in their own script/config or in an existing one or what? please let me know
 
Old 04-23-2004, 04:33 PM   #2
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you can put these commands in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file, everytime it boots up, i'll run these commands for you
 
Old 04-23-2004, 08:45 PM   #3
ViN86
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thanks a lot man, i dropped em in there, and it works great now

thanks again
 
Old 04-24-2004, 10:02 AM   #4
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To go further, with your question about alsa--

It really depends on your soundcard. Some soundcards have multiple channels for input, whereas some soundcards have only one.
Mine happens to have 4, which surprises me because it's a cheap onboard AC'97 knock-off. Alsa is perfectly capable of using all the input channels. Mine are controled by using alsamixer, and moving all the way to the right, where I see several DXA channels, 1-4.

If your card has only one, then the only solution I know of to have two programs access sound at the same time is with what's called a sound server. It combines two sources and mixes them down to one, which gets sent to the soundcard's single channel. Esound (gnome/enlightenment), Arts (kde), and JACK (pro audio applications) all do that.

--Shade
 
  


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