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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Absolutely no sound whatsoever after latest emerge update
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:15:10
Message-Id: 20080926061448.GB10701@waltdnes.org
1 Like the subject line says... all quiet on the Gentoo sound front,
2 which is bad when I want music. Here's what mplayer says (note the last
3 4 lines)...
4
5 [d530][waltdnes][~] mplayer /home/misc/movies/flv/dancing_monkeys.flv
6 MPlayer dev-SVN-r26753-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team
7 CPU: Genuine Intel(R) CPU 2140 @ 1.60GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 2)
8 CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
9 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
10
11 Playing /home/misc/movies/flv/dancing_monkeys.flv.
12 Cache fill: 3.96% (1328800 bytes)
13 libavformat file format detected.
14 [lavf] Video stream found, -vid 0
15 [lavf] Audio stream found, -aid 1
16 VIDEO: [FLV1] 320x240 0bpp 29.970 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
17 ==========================================================================
18 Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
19 Selected video codec: [ffflv] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg Flash video)
20 ==========================================================================
21 ==========================================================================
22 Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
23 AUDIO: 22050 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 8.0 kbit/1.13% (ratio: 1000->88200)
24 Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
25 ==========================================================================
26 [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:996:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
27 [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Device or resource busy
28 DVB card number must be between 1 and 4
29 AO: [null] 22050Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
30
31
32
33 mpg123 doesn't work
34
35 [d530][waltdnes][~] mpg123 /home/misc/music/pop_standards/Tennessee_Waltz_-_Patti_Page.mp3
36 ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:996:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
37 [alsa.c:146] error: cannot open device default
38 [audio.c:517] error: failed to open audio device
39 [mpg123.c:709] error: Failed to initialize output, goodbye.
40
41
42
43 neither does mpg321
44
45 [d530][waltdnes][~] mpg321 /home/misc/music/pop_standards/Tennessee_Waltz_-_Patti_Page.mp3
46 No default libao driver available.
47
48
49
50 my make.conf contains the following lines of interest
51
52 USE="-* X a52 aac bzip2 dga doc dri exif ffmpeg flac gif jpeg mmx mng mp3 mpeg nptl nptlonly nsplugin offensive ogg opengl png posix sse sse2 theora threads tiff truetype vim-syntax vorbis win32codecs wmf xcomposite xpm xv xvid zlib"
53 ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol"
54
55
56 and uname says...
57
58 [d530][waltdnes][~] uname -a
59 Linux d530 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 #1 SMP Wed Aug 13 02:42:40 EDT 2008 i686
60 Genuine Intel(R) CPU 2140 @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
61
62
63 Any ideas?
64
65 --
66 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Absolutely no sound whatsoever after latest emerge update Willie Wong <wwong@×××××××××.EDU>
Re: [gentoo-user] Absolutely no sound whatsoever after latest emerge update "ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ ΡΟΠΟΚΗΣ" <wamy80s@×××××.com>