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From: James Tanis <jtanis@×××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Sound problem
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:52:55
Message-Id: 1970.69.55.160.9.1121107610.squirrel@pycoder.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Sound problem by Richard Fish
1 On Mon, July 11, 2005 1:59 pm, Richard Fish said:
2 > Bruno Gola wrote:
3 >
4 >>Rafael Dantas de Castro wrote:
5 >>
6 >>
7 >>
8 >>>are using arts, esd or something similar?? What output plugin you use
9 >>>in xmms that allows you to listen to mp3s?
10 >>>
11 >>>On 7/11/05, Bruno Gola <brunogola@×××××××××.br> wrote:
12 >>>
13 >>>
14 >>>
15 >>>>Can't open /dev/dsp!
16 >>>>
17 >>>>
18 >>>>If i try it as root it works perfectly...
19 >>>>
20 >>>>Does anyone knows this problem?
21 >>>>
22 >>>>Thanks ...
23 >>>>
24 >>>>Bruno Gola
25 >>>>--
26 >>>>gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
27 >>>>
28 >>>>
29 >>>>
30 >>Both ESD and ALSA output plugin works for me with xmms....
31 >>
32 >>
33 >>
34 >
35 > If something is trying to open /dev/dsp, then it is using the (obsolete)
36 > OSS API. You need to enable OSS emulation in the kernel drivers.
37 >
38
39 In the Linux kernel it may be deprecated but OSS is not obsolete. Other
40 operating systems besides Linux need sound after all :).
41
42 > Note that, AFAIK, there is no mixing possible with the OSS API. Your
43
44 It does support mixing.
45
46
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48 James Tanis
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