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Luigi Pinna posted <200511191923.28403.mailing-gentoo@××××××××××××.com>, |
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excerpted below, on Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:23:24 +0100: |
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> I tried to use skype but it doesn't work |
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> If I use it as root I read it from console: |
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> skype |
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> No running artsd or esd found |
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> Starting skype without sound daemon |
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> ========================================== |
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> and it works. |
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> If I use my user (root is only in a root console, no root session), I |
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> read: |
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> skype |
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> Running artsd found |
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> Starting artsd wrapped skype |
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> ========================================== |
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> Running wrapped Skype failed, trying not-wrapped mode... |
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> ========================================== |
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> and the program doesn't work! |
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What desktop are you running, KDE? If so, are you using the ARTS sound |
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daemon or not? Anything else (KDE's sound effects??) accessing sound at |
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the same time? What are the ownership and permissions on your sound |
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device (/dev/sound/dsp and/or /dev/snd/pcm)? |
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As a user, Skype seems to be configured to try playing thru ARTS first. |
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When that fails, it tries playing direct to the sound device. The thing |
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is that if ARTS or a similar sound daemon (ESD?) is running, it'll grab |
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exclusive use of the sound device, and nothing else will be able to use |
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it, even if it would be capable of sharing it otherwise. That's why it |
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tries thru ARTS -- if it's running it can't access the hardware directly |
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anyway. |
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The problem could also be one of permissions, if your user isn't in the |
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audio group, or the devices have non-standard permissions or ownership. |
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(It could also be PAM and console permissions, if they are activated, but |
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Gentoo doesn't activate PAM's console.perms by default any more, due to |
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the frustration and bugs it tended to raise when things didn't work as |
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expected, and because there were than actually three places to check |
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permissions, devfs/UDEV, the devices themselves, and PAM. Without PAM, |
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there's only two.) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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