Re: sound problems with gnome 2.6 on suse 9.2

esd
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1172:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed:
No such device

and dmesg:
nvsound: unsupported module, tainting kernel.
Nvsound: Nvidia Audio Init Module, 21:53:19 Nov  8 2004 version 1.0-1
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:05.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:05.0 to 64
Nvsound:  NVIDIA nForce2 Controller found at Mem 0xda000000 and IRQ b
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:06.0[A] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:06.0 to 64
Nvsound: NVIDIA nForce2 Audio found at IO 0xd000 and 0xe400, IRQ 5
Nvsound: Aci_device cdf8c800 Apu_device cdf8cc00
Nvsound: DEV MIXER 0 DEV AUDIO 3
ALSA sound/core/oss/mixer_oss.c:1270: unable to register OSS mixer
device 0:0

i do not really understand what happens here.



Am Freitag, den 12.11.2004, 08:59 +1000 schrieb daniel:
> Hi Phillip,
> 
> I definitely don't recommend running it from init.d..
> 
> To check why it doesn't run try running it from a terminal:
> 
> esd 
> 
> see if any error messages are printed.
> 
> If it fails to run because it can't open the device then try running
> 
> lsof /dev/dsp
> 
> This will tell you which programs are blocking the sound device..
> 
> Daniel
> 
> On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 23:41 +0100, philipp sutter wrote:
> > 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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> 
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philipp sutter <[email protected]>
austrian institute for applied ecology