On Wednesday September 3 2003 01:42 pm, HaywireMac wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 13:12:58 -0500
>
> Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> > From the CL, 'mplayer -ao arts <filename>' will use aRts
> > for the sound output.
>
> AO: [arts] can't connect to aRts soundserver
> Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
> Audio: no sound
>
> the prob is, tho, the arts sound server is not running, do I need
> to be in KDE for it to run?
>
> and once mplayer has grabbed /dev/dsp, is there no way to get it
> back without rebooting?
Do you have all of aRts installed?
libarts1-devel-1.1.3-7mdk (might not need)
arts-1.1.3-7mdk
libarts1-1.1.3-7mdk
(not necessarily those versions)
Then check with
$ ps -A |grep arts (and you'll see somethin like...)
9234 ? 00:00:13 artsd
$ ll /dev/dsp (should be somethin similar to this)
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9 Sep 3 15:34 /dev/dsp ->
sound/dsp
(ie, _x_ecutable by by owner, group, all users)
Normally artsd does run all the time, but only uses the sound
service when needed, then releases. This of course depends on your
configuration. Bruce it might be better if you read this, specially
the part, "non-aRts applications", ".. suspends after 60 seconds,
it doesn't for me?"
http://www.arts-project.org/doc/mcop-doc/artsd-faq.html
an browse this
http://www.arts-project.org/doc/manual/index.html
I believe there's a way to reduce the suspend aRts time from
60s, but since I never needed it, I'm not familiar with it. Sorry.
Facts are, there's no one Linux sound solution. Maybe one'a
Linux's weakest points. Sound on Linux (Un*x) is a hodgepodge.
Video's not a whole lot different. Better manufacturer support
would probly go a long way to solve it and make it seamless for the
user. Until then, Windoze is for games. It's gotta be good for
somethin, no? ;) At least as long as M$ has the hardware
manufacturers in their pocket.
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