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From: iago <iago@×××××.it>
To: S L <milter@××××.fr>
Cc: gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] getting sound (xmms/alsaplayer) to work on ibook G3
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:06:43
Message-Id: 41588E96.3070507@glare.it
In Reply to: [gentoo-ppc-user] getting sound (xmms/alsaplayer) to work on ibook G3 by S L
1 I had your same problem, but I solved it using oss emulation.
2 you should enable oss useflag and then recompile xmms, after inserting
3 the right modules in your .config
4 I don't know a better solution, but at least I can hear a right timing
5 for my mp3s. I should add that mplayer too works really bad with alsa as
6 audio output, on my system.
7
8 S L wrote:
9
10 >Hi,
11 >
12 >I can't get xmms/alsaplayer to work on ly ibook (G3, 700Mhz, 2001 late
13 >ed) running kernel 2.6.7-gentoo-r14 .
14 >I've tested mp3 playing and it does not work (mpg321 is
15 >ok however).
16 >
17 >Any hint about what I'm missing ?
18 >
19 >xmms plays mp3 too fast
20 >alsaplayer just makes strange noise (like no channel on TV)
21 >
22 >xmms when reading a stream returns :
23 >ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:549:(snd_pcm_hw_start) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed: Broken pipe
24 >alsa_free(): snd_pcm_start() failed: Broken pipe
25 >
26 >Someone mentioned using esd instead.
27 >
28 >How did you get it working ?
29 >
30 >My settings ae :
31 >
32 >USE="dvd cdr alsa cups gnome fbcon -pda X vim-with-x ncurses radeon
33 >directfb quicktime mpeg avi flash mozsvg moznoirc moznomail samba
34 >maildir imap milter mbox mailwrapper -ipv6 gtk2 perl berkdb threads tcpd
35 >mailbox imap opengl oggvorbisi nls"
36 >
37 >Kernel related to sound settings :
38 >CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
39 >CONFIG_SOUND=y
40 >CONFIG_DMASOUND_PMAC=m
41 >CONFIG_DMASOUND=m
42 >CONFIG_SND=m
43 >CONFIG_SND_TIMER=m
44 >CONFIG_SND_PCM=m
45 >CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=m
46 >CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=m
47 >CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY=m
48 >CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
49 >CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=m
50 >CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=m
51 >CONFIG_SND_POWERMAC=m
52 >CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO=m
53 >CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME=m
54 >CONFIG_I2C=y
55 >CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=m
56 >CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT=y
57 >CONFIG_I2C_KEYWEST=m
58 >CONFIG_FB_RADEON_I2C=y
59 >
60 >Regards,
61 >
62 >SL/
63 >
64 >PS : I had a look at the FAQ and http://ppcconfdb.sourceforge.net/
65 >The FAQ mentions dmasound_pmac but I can't load it when alsa
66 >is activated :
67 >modprobe dmasound_pmac
68 >FATAL: Error inserting dmasound_pmac
69 >(/lib/modules/2.6.7-gentoo-r14/kernel/sound/oss/dmasound/dmasound_pmac.ko):
70 >No such device
71 >And after a /etc/init.d/alsasound stop it does not work either.
72 >
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75 >
76 >
77 >
78 >
79 >
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