[gentoo-dev] sound for esssolo1

[gentoo-dev] sound for esssolo1

[Collins Richey]

I'm confused.  On every other distro that I've used (Mandrake, Caldera, Vectorlinux - all all 2.4.x kernels), all I have to do to get sound for xfce, etc., is to compile the esssolo1 kernel module and do a modprobe (or equivalent at boot time) for esssolo1.  The esssolo1 and soundcore modules get loaded, and the sound card works.

Why won't this work on Gentoo?  I'm using the identical kernel compile that works on every other distro.   The modules get loaded, but sound is dead.

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Collins Richey
Denver Area
Gentoo_rc5 XFCE

Re: [gentoo-dev] sound for esssolo1

[Achim Gottinger]

Collins Richey wrote:
> 
> I'm confused.  On every other distro that I've used (Mandrake, Caldera, Vectorlinux - all all 2.4.x kernels), all I have to do to get sound for xfce, etc., is to compile the esssolo1 kernel module and do a modprobe (or equivalent at boot time) for esssolo1.  The esssolo1 and soundcore modules get loaded, and the sound card works.
> 
> Why won't this work on Gentoo?  I'm using the identical kernel compile that works on every other distro.   The modules get loaded, but sound is dead.
> 
I think you need the play binary coming with sox for xfce.
If not try to fine the sound player binarie used by xfce and run it on
the console.

bye achim~

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Re: [gentoo-dev] sound for esssolo1

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, 07 Jul 2001 21:16:31 +0200 AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) wrote:

> Collins Richey wrote:
> > 
> > I'm confused.  On every other distro that I've used (Mandrake, Caldera, Vectorlinux - all all 2.4.x kernels), all I have to do to get sound for xfce, etc., is to compile the esssolo1 kernel module and do a modprobe (or equivalent at boot time) for esssolo1.  The esssolo1 and soundcore modules get loaded, and the sound card works.
> > 
> > Why won't this work on Gentoo?  I'm using the identical kernel compile that works on every other distro.   The modules get loaded, but sound is dead.
> > 
> I think you need the play binary coming with sox for xfce.
> If not try to fine the sound player binarie used by xfce and run it on
> the console.
> 

OK, I emerged sox, and now play xxx.wav works (via /dev/dsp), but xfce is still silent.  Any clues.  This works everywehre else (other distros), so I'm stumped.

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Collins Richey
Denver Area
Gentoo_rc5 XFCE

Re: [gentoo-dev] sound for esssolo1

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, 07 Jul 2001 21:16:31 +0200 AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) wrote:

> Collins Richey wrote:
> > 
> > I'm confused.  On every other distro that I've used (Mandrake, Caldera, Vectorlinux - all all 2.4.x kernels), all I have to do to get sound for xfce, etc., is to compile the esssolo1 kernel module and do a modprobe (or equivalent at boot time) for esssolo1.  The esssolo1 and soundcore modules get loaded, and the sound card works.
> > 
> > Why won't this work on Gentoo?  I'm using the identical kernel compile that works on every other distro.   The modules get loaded, but sound is dead.
> > 
> I think you need the play binary coming with sox for xfce.
> If not try to fine the sound player binarie used by xfce and run it on
> the console.
> 

I've submitted my question to xfce as well, but no definite answer yet.  One thing for sure, xfce definitely requires sox, so why wasn't sox merged when I merged xfce?  I had to do it manually.

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Collins Richey
Denver Area
Gentoo_rc5 XFCE

Re: [gentoo-dev] sound for esssolo1 (solved)

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 15:32:28 +0000 Collins Richey <erichey2@home.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 07 Jul 2001 21:16:31 +0200 AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) wrote:
> 
> > Collins Richey wrote:
> > > 
> > > I'm confused.  On every other distro that I've used (Mandrake, Caldera, Vectorlinux - all all 2.4.x kernels), all I have to do to get sound for xfce, etc., is to compile the esssolo1 kernel module and do a modprobe (or equivalent at boot time) for esssolo1.  The esssolo1 and soundcore modules get loaded, and the sound card works.
> > > 
> > > Why won't this work on Gentoo?  I'm using the identical kernel compile that works on every other distro.   The modules get loaded, but sound is dead.
> > > 
> > I think you need the play binary coming with sox for xfce.
> > If not try to fine the sound player binarie used by xfce and run it on
> > the console.
> > 
> 
> I've submitted my question to xfce as well, but no definite answer yet.  One thing for sure, xfce definitely requires sox, so why wasn't sox merged when I merged xfce?  I had to do it manually.


OK, the final answer is:  /dev/dsp needs 666 permission, and xfce needs a dependancy for sox.

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Collins Richey
Denver Area
Gentoo_rc5 XFCE

Re: [gentoo-dev] sound for esssolo1 (solved)

[Achim Gottinger]

Collins Richey wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 15:32:28 +0000 Collins Richey <erichey2@home.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 07 Jul 2001 21:16:31 +0200 AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) wrote:
> >
> > > Collins Richey wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm confused.  On every other distro that I've used (Mandrake, Caldera, Vectorlinux - all all 2.4.x kernels), all I have to do to get sound for xfce, etc., is to compile the esssolo1 kernel module and do a modprobe (or equivalent at boot time) for esssolo1.  The esssolo1 and soundcore modules get loaded, and the sound card works.
> > > >
> > > > Why won't this work on Gentoo?  I'm using the identical kernel compile that works on every other distro.   The modules get loaded, but sound is dead.
> > > >
> > > I think you need the play binary coming with sox for xfce.
> > > If not try to fine the sound player binarie used by xfce and run it on
> > > the console.
> > >
> >
> > I've submitted my question to xfce as well, but no definite answer yet.  One thing for sure, xfce definitely requires sox, so why wasn't sox merged when I merged xfce?  I had to do it manually.
> 
> OK, the final answer is:  /dev/dsp needs 666 permission, and xfce needs a dependancy for sox.
> 

> --
Do you have a line like this in /etc/modules.conf ?

options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0666
snd_device_gid=0 snd_device_uid=0

Well sox is not required for xfce to run. as an alternative you can use
for example aplay coming with alsa-utils.  But i think it is a good idea
to make it runtime
dependant on sox if eighter oss or alsa is in use.

achim~

> Collins Richey
> Denver Area
> Gentoo_rc5 XFCE
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Re: [gentoo-dev] sound for esssolo1 (solved)

[Collins Richey]

On Sun, 08 Jul 2001 02:23:54 +0200 AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) wrote:

> Collins Richey wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 15:32:28 +0000 Collins Richey <erichey2@home.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sat, 07 Jul 2001 21:16:31 +0200 AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Collins Richey wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm confused.  On every other distro that I've used (Mandrake, Caldera, Vectorlinux - all all 2.4.x kernels), all I have to do to get sound for xfce, etc., is to compile the esssolo1 kernel module and do a modprobe (or equivalent at boot time) for esssolo1.  The esssolo1 and soundcore modules get loaded, and the sound card works.
> > > > >
> > > > > Why won't this work on Gentoo?  I'm using the identical kernel compile that works on every other distro.   The modules get loaded, but sound is dead.
> > > > >
> > > > I think you need the play binary coming with sox for xfce.
> > > > If not try to fine the sound player binarie used by xfce and run it on
> > > > the console.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I've submitted my question to xfce as well, but no definite answer yet.  One thing for sure, xfce definitely requires sox, so why wasn't sox merged when I merged xfce?  I had to do it manually.
> > 
> > OK, the final answer is:  /dev/dsp needs 666 permission, and xfce needs a dependancy for sox.
> > 
> 
> > --
> Do you have a line like this in /etc/modules.conf ?
> 
> options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0666
> snd_device_gid=0 snd_device_uid=0
> 
> Well sox is not required for xfce to run. as an alternative you can use
> for example aplay coming with alsa-utils.  But i think it is a good idea
> to make it runtime
> dependant on sox if eighter oss or alsa is in use.
> 
> achim~
> 

Actually, as installed by the ebuild for 3.8.3, xfce is dependant on sox.  Here's the script from /usr/X11R6/bin/xfplay

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script is part of XFce
# "ossdsp" option submitted by "Sami Tikka" <sami.tikka@kolumbus.fi>
exec sox "$1" -t ossdsp /dev/dsp


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Collins Richey
Denver Area
Gentoo_rc5 XFCE