elPunishar said: > high all! > > i've got a problem on mandrake 9.1 with my nforce onboard soundcard. > > /dev/dsp seems to be alway in use, even when theres no other program > running > that has anything to do with sound. > > this means, Xine doesn't play sound because of that. > mplayer brings a error at the start of a movie, but then plays with sound, > but > i can't control the volume on mplayer. > most games bring an error on /dev/dsp and some of them can play sound with > "artsdsp -m quake3" if i'm lucky. > and sound in flash movies doesn't work.. i suspect its also because of > that. > > as /dev/dsp seems to be the default sound device (which in my case has got > some problem), maybe i need to change this somewhere and set another sound > device for default ? > i'm very confused.. can somebody clear it for me please ? > > tnx a lot! > lukas > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
Both mplayer and xine can be set to use artsd, and in konqueror, under plugins/plugins, you can set them to use artsd for playback. You can also disable artsd when you want to play a game via kcontrol, then turn it back on when done. -- Live fast, die young, You're sucking up my bandwidth. J.P. Pasnak, CD CCNA http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca
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