On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:04:36 -0700 David Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to run Skype on my FreeBSD 6.1 system, and I am having > conflicts with KDE and the arts sound system. It works fine after I > kill artsd, but that's not a good solution. I have hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=4 > in my /etc/sysctl.conf file, but I still can't get Skype to play nice > with artsd. It doesn't matter if I set KDE/artsd to use /dev/dsp0.0 > or /dev/dsp0.1, Skype still complains that there's a problem with the > sound device. There is no way in Skype configuration to get it to use > another device besides /dev/dsp. I tried to use artsdsp, but it spits > out a lot of errors. > > I can install a second sound card, but why should I? Has anyone figured > out the magic words to get Skype to behave? Are you sure this is what happens ? With artsd using something else that /dev/dsp I have no problems running skype. What soundcard do you have ? > sysctl hw.snd hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1 hw.snd.targetirqrate: 32 hw.snd.verbose: 1 hw.snd.maxautovchans: 4 hw.snd.unit: 0 hw.snd.pcm0.buffersize: 16384 hw.snd.pcm0.vchans: 2 hw.snd.pcm0.ac97rate: 48000 > ps axwww | grep arts 1106 ?? S 2:13.92 /usr/local/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -d -D /dev/dsp0.4 -s 60 -m artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f -- IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" BOFH excuse #11: magnetic interference from money/credit cards _______________________________________________ kde-freebsd mailing list [email protected] http://freebsd.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-freebsd
