Re: sound but mp3 players hang

The modules are not your problem.  KDE starts a sound server that locks out 
other players like XMMS from accessing the sound device, so you need to kill 
this sound server.  

From the command line, enter "killall artsd" and you should be able to play 
with XMMS etc.  Also, in the KDE control centre under the section Sound, 
there is a sub section Sound Server.  In there at the top there is a checkbox 
to start the sound server.  Uncheck this box to stop the sound server being 
started up again when KDE starts up again.  

Ian


On Wednesday 26 June 2002 11:06, Bret Waldow wrote:
> SuSE 7.3, kernel upgraded to 2.4.16-4GB SuSE.  Sound works, and I can
> play a CD, and hear the System Notifications (start up sound, open or
> close window sound, etc.).
>
> XMMS hangs when I try to start it.  Gqmpg hangs.  mp3blaster on a
> terminal doesn't play, but at least provides a message "Failed to open
> sound device".
>
> Any thoughts of what to look for?  Thanks.
>
> Here is my lsmod:
>
> Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
> snd-pcm-oss            18272   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> snd-pcm-plugin         14480   0  (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
> snd-mixer-oss           4672   1  (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
> snd-seq-midi            3136   0  (unused)
> snd-seq-midi-event      2800   0  [snd-seq-midi]
> snd-seq                38288   0  [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event]
> snd-card-cs461x         1824   4
> snd-cs461x             67328   0  [snd-card-cs461x]
> snd-pcm                28928   2  [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-cs461x]
> snd-timer               8128   0  [snd-seq snd-pcm]
> snd-rawmidi             9184   0  [snd-seq-midi snd-cs461x]
> snd-seq-device          3740   0  [snd-seq-midi snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
> snd-ac97-codec         23456   0  [snd-cs461x]
> snd-mixer              22536   0  [snd-mixer-oss snd-ac97-codec]
> snd                    31072   7  [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-mixer-oss
> snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-card-cs461x snd-cs461x snd-pcm
> snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer] soundcore   
>            3268   5  [snd]
> parport_pc             25160   1  (autoclean)
> lp                      5824   0  (autoclean)
> parport                22368   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
> ds                      6816   2
> i82365                 23312   2
> pcmcia_core            43008   0  [ds i82365]
> ipv6                  124480  -1  (autoclean)
> evdev                   3904   0  (unused)
> input                   3072   0  [evdev]
> uhci                   23624   0  (unused)
> usbcore                47584   1  [uhci]
> e100                   52672   1  (autoclean)
> ipt_REJECT              2784   1  (autoclean)
> ipt_LOG                 3200   1  (autoclean)
> iptable_nat            12564   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> ip_conntrack           12652   1  (autoclean) [iptable_nat]
> iptable_filter          1728   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> ip_tables              10304   6  [ipt_REJECT ipt_LOG iptable_nat
> iptable_filter] nls_iso8859-1           2880   3  (autoclean)
> nls_cp437               4384   3  (autoclean)
> ext3                   58624   2  (autoclean)
> jbd                    41716   2  (autoclean) [ext3]

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