Re: sound problems with gnome 2.6 on suse 9.2

esound does not run. i tried to start it by /etc/init.d/esound start. it
failed:

my /etc/esd.conf

[esd]
auto_spawn=1
spawn_options= -noterminate -tcp -nobeeps -as 2 -d default

how can i check why esd failed?
any hints?

thank you!
philipp


Am Donnerstag, den 11.11.2004, 09:16 +1000 schrieb daniel:
> Also check that esd is running from the terminal (ps ax | grep esd)
> 
> Daniel
> 
> On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 23:35 +0100, philipp sutter wrote:
> > no, it does not help :(
> > 
> > i have in gstreamer-properties for audio default Sink: OSS and default
> > Source OSS allread selected.
> > 
> > when i go to prefences:///Personal audio and test the sound events, i
> > can't hear anything. but when i start xmms i can listen to music and i
> > can watch tv with sound.
> > 
> > why i dont have any sound events in gnome? Any hints?
> > 
> > Am Mittwoch, den 10.11.2004, 18:10 +1000 schrieb daniel:
> > > Press alt-f2 and then run:
> > > 
> > > gstreamer-properties
> > > 
> > > Select oss
> > > 
> > > Hope that helps,
> > > 
> > > Daniel
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 08:56 +0100, philipp sutter wrote:
> > > > i have a fresh installation of suse 9.2 pro on  my pc with a Asus A7N8x
> > > > deluxe motherboard. soundcard is on board. and i problems with sound.
> > > > 
> > > > after the installation sound worked ok with the module snd-intel8x0.
> > > > after a reboot i had no sound. after a new configuration of the
> > > > soundcard with yast, it worked again. after a fresh reboot, same problem
> > > > again.
> > > > then i tried the linux driver from nvidia which should suite for my
> > > > motherboard and soundcard: i installed
> > > > NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0292-pkg1.run. its working: xmms plays music. but
> > > > after a reboot, i have no sound events in my gnome desktop.
> > > > the nvidia sound driver nvsound is a oss driver. so i had to change the
> > > > settings for xmms. do i have something similiar for the sound events for
> > > > gnome?
> > > > 
> > > > thanks in advance for any hint!
> > > > 
> > > > philipp
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> 
> 
> 
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philipp sutter <[email protected]>
austrian institute for applied ecology