From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_24_48,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.81]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15J3oS-0006QP-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Sat, 07 Jul 2001 19:56:44 -0600 Received: from k68pc2.home.com ([24.255.149.198]) by femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20010708015555.VWYN26599.femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com@k68pc2.home.com> for ; Sat, 7 Jul 2001 18:55:55 -0700 From: Collins Richey To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] sound for esssolo1 (solved) Message-Id: <20010707200618.79f1d3bf.erichey2@home.com> In-Reply-To: <3B47A81A.97358AFE@gentoo.org> References: <20010707141634.4813930e.erichey2@home.com> <3B47600F.10A008A3@gentoo.org> <20010707153228.246a0fe0.erichey2@home.com> <20010707153925.0cc12365.erichey2@home.com> <3B47A81A.97358AFE@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.4.99 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat Jul 7 19:57:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 20:06:18 +0000 X-Archives-Salt: 115730e6-a108-48c9-b667-9fda1a8d9b40 X-Archives-Hash: 2630128679cf985336fa2862c2d1c0e6 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 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" exec sox "$1" -t ossdsp /dev/dsp -- Collins Richey Denver Area Gentoo_rc5 XFCE