Hi!
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 07:21:17PM -0500, Gilles Nogues wrote:
> I have just downloaded the last binary version of aRts which is distributed
> with KDE 2.1 and I can't make it work! I definitely need your help. Let me
> first describe my system:
> -CPU celeron 566MHz mem 320 Mo
> -soundcard: Avance Logic ALS4000
> -4front technologies OSS driver which works fine: I still can play all the
> sounds I want with non arts applications.
> -Redhat Linux 6.2 with the corresponding KDE and aRts binaries installed
>
> The funny part is that aRts worked just fine with the KDE 2.0.1 binaries.
> Anytime I try to run artsd now I receive the following error message:
>
> Error while initializing the sound driver:
> unable to select 'oss' style audio I/O
>
> If I try to run artsd -A, I get:
>
> null No audio input/output
>
> If you have any suggestion, they are welcome. Could you also tell me if you
> think I could solve my problem by compiling the source file?
The OSS audio support in artsd (kdelibs/arts/flow/audioiooss.cc) is disabled
at compile time if it doesn't find the file /usr/include/sys/soundcard.h.
This is because it needs that file to compile.
It seems that the RH6.1 binary packages were built without that file being
present, and thus the artsd OSS audio support isn't compiled in. The problem
can only be fixed by rebuilding from source.
As for ALSA, similar compile-time checks are done (about libasound).
I've just sent a mail to Bero (who does the RedHat binary packages).
Cu... Stefan
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