Re: [gentoo-user] What's the dmix equivalent these days?

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

On Tuesday 27 February 2007, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote 
about 'Re: [gentoo-user] What's the dmix equivalent these days?':
> On Tuesday 27 February 2007 06:54, Mick wrote:
> > On Tuesday 27 February 2007 00:14, Jesús Guerrero wrote:
> > > El Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:53:54 +0100
> > > Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org> escribió:
> > > > Mick writes:
> > > > > How am I supposed to specify sox?  /usr/bin/sox doesn't play any
> > > > > sound.
> > > >
> > > > Have a look at this "Do I really need aRts?" thread.
> > > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-526080-highlight-arts.html
> > >
> > > Alternatively you can just use the script "/usr/bin/play", included
> > > in the sox package.
> >
> > Cool! I seem to have missed this in man sox.  It plays system sounds
> > now nicely.
>
> Blast! I spoke too soon.  It /usr/bin/play plays system sounds fine, by
> alsa will not mix them.

Do you have an alsa configuration file (e.g. /etc/asoundrc)?  I used dmix a 
while back, and when it changed to being the default, my asoundrc broke 
playback.  You might try deleting (or at least removing any dmix/dsnoop 
entries from) that file.

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