Re: direct access to sound device not possible

I've got a similar, if not the same problem.
I've been busy as hell lately, and haven't had time to dig deep, but my 
issue
is that I get no sound.  The only app I've tried is XMMS, and played a bit
with SuSE's mixer. 

(I did check to make sure the headphones were plugged in properly).

Is there an app out there that can tell me what's going on?  I did have some
trouble with Artsd (which I'm running now) on Redhat up until the time I
switched to SuSE a week or so ago.

I really don't have to have sound at this point, but it would be nice.

Juan Erbes wrote:

> If You will install Mustajuuri, take a look at:
> http://www.tml.hut.fi/~tilmonen/mustajuuri/doc/README.install.html
>
> Juan Erbes wrote:
>
>> In the past months, audacity, has worked ok (version 1.1). After the 
>> upgrade with apt-get, it wont work anymore (version 1.2) .
>> Searching with Google, I found that I need Jack to connect Alsa to 
>> the audio application ( http://www.djcj.org/LAU/jack/ ), but the 
>> problem has continued.
>> I verified when Audacity starts that appears a daemon as 
>> "CheckHardware --sound /usr/bin/audacity".
>> Yesterday, I want to install Mustajuuri (similar to audacity), and I 
>> needed to install some libraries such as audiofile, snd; and after 
>> some probes, and reinstalling some sound packages (audiofile, snd, 
>> speex), audacity now works ok, but with a few changes in the control 
>> center- multimedia (disabling full duplex).
>> http://www.tml.hut.fi/~tilmonen/mustajuuri/
>> I dont know why appears as input and output only /dev/dsp  in the 
>> Audacity settings, and not appears other devices when all Alsa native 
>> devices are under /proc/asound. The device /dev/dsp is the Open Sound 
>> device emulation for alsa.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>                Juan
>>
>> Eduard Avetisyan wrote:
>>
>>> hi!
>>>
>>> check if you're running artsd or esd in the meantime. xmms is
>>> smart enough to use these sound daemons without demanding direct
>>> access to the sound device. BTW, may happen that Audacity has a
>>> similar option/plugin, you may want to check it...
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>        Eduard
>>>
>>> --- Juan Erbes <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>  
>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>> When I open some audio applications such as Audacity or
>>>> env24control, I got the error "direct access to sound device not 
>>>> possible".
>>>> I have SuSE 8.2, and the spund card is a SBLive Platinum with
>>>> livedrive, and, of course with Alsa drivers.
>>>> With other applications such as Xmms, I have no problem.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>               Juan
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>
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