From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FiEey-0001vh-TO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 17:57:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k4MHuXwk028579; Mon, 22 May 2006 17:56:33 GMT Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.176]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4MHnlqO021066 for ; Mon, 22 May 2006 17:49:47 GMT Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id z59so1631855pyg for ; Mon, 22 May 2006 10:49:46 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=MwV/idpXwYL/M1jFoJ9jL1T3ct7iTaFrkpMRtWceyAVxqfkdzu6ZKUz4R2bk4ZZls9QFGmIjSupJBOOvZiiTsOxBUhOxUQ9Lt2TvVa8DEsSZhC+mSyqlwQ3MHMXDvVnDUjzT9+h0WMUwh8vHtdy8Ancm8eyOMw28mBAfPjuSZq0= Received: by 10.35.78.9 with SMTP id f9mr2878675pyl; Mon, 22 May 2006 10:49:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.9.12 with HTTP; Mon, 22 May 2006 10:49:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 12:49:46 -0500 From: "Jason Weisberger" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Skype problem In-Reply-To: <200605220828.31444.mailing-gentoo@sailorferris.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_51568_7201742.1148320186698" References: <200605212121.57072.mailing-gentoo@sailorferris.com> <200605220828.31444.mailing-gentoo@sailorferris.com> X-Archives-Salt: dee62867-4671-4d10-9194-12fc01db6da7 X-Archives-Hash: 6c2cedcd5ce544e955b624b47687964f ------=_Part_51568_7201742.1148320186698 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Refer to the wiki article for a proper dmix configuration. Can you play tw= o sounds at once, such as playing an mp3 along with another sound file? If you can't, then your dmix config probably needs to be reworked. If you can= , it's going to be a problem specific to Skype, and honestly, the software isn't the greatest because of how out-of-date it is. You may want to check out Skype/Installation Wiki article to find out how you can use the newest version of Skype for Windows in Linux with Wine. P.S. Dmix shouldn't even be an issue because the SBLive is based on the emu10k1 chipset, which does hardware mixing. On 5/22/06, Luigi Pinna wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Alle 04:25, luned=EC 22 maggio 2006, Jason Weisberger ha scritto: > > There could be a couple of things causing this. Do you have ALSA's > > OSS Emulation properly configured. If you do, you should be able to > > hear sound when you #echo /dev/rand > /dev/dsp . If /dev/dsp isn't > > working, please refer to the Gentoo Wiki article on setting up ALSA > > properly for OSS Emulation. > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ALSA_Complete_%28includes_dmix%29 > > > > You may also want to check on which version of ALSA you're using, > > because prior to ~0.9, dmix wasn't automatically enabled (software > > mixing) and if your sound card doesn't support hardware mixing, other > > devices will tie up /dev/dsp and not allow Skype access. Skype is > > very stingy when it comes to sharing /dev/dsp. > > > > Let me know what you come up with. > > > > Jason Weisberger > > So, I don't know... > I have alsa in the kernel (2.6.16.7 it's alsa-1.0.11) and it works for > all devices... Probably I have a bad dmix configuration (the default > one...)... Have you a idea how can I check the dmix configuration? I > remember you I can't use midi because I have a SBLive!5.1 (it worked > never...), but my audio system works properly... > Thanks, Luigi > - -- > Public key GPG(0x633F86B7) on http://keyserver.linux.it/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEcVoPHmkkjmM/hrcRApwQAJ4kcaXcNMBKR0udN6MN1ZtEUe5ZngCgkfZY > IerSaO7gUBWqSQXyLhA4UnI=3D > =3DWf/z > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > --=20 Jason Weisberger jbdubbs@gmail.com ------=_Part_51568_7201742.1148320186698 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Refer to the wiki article for a proper dmix configuration.  Can you pl= ay two sounds at once, such as playing an mp3 along with another sound file= ?  If you can't, then your dmix config probably needs to be reworked.&= nbsp; If you can, it's going to be a problem specific to Skype, and honestl= y, the software isn't the greatest because of how out-of-date it is.  = You may want to check out Skype/Installation Wiki article to find out how y= ou can use the newest version of Skype for Windows in Linux with Wine.

P.S. Dmix shouldn't even be an issue because the SBLive is based on= the emu10k1 chipset, which does hardware mixing.

On 5/22/06, Luigi Pinna = < mailing-gentoo@sailorfer= ris.com> wrote:
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Alle 04:25, luned= =EC 22 maggio 2006, Jason Weisberger ha scritto:
> There could be a c= ouple of things causing this.  Do you have ALSA's
> OSS Emu= lation properly configured.  If you do, you should be able to
> hear sound when you #echo /dev/rand > /dev/dsp .  If = /dev/dsp isn't
> working, please refer to the Gentoo Wiki article on = setting up ALSA
> properly for OSS Emulation.
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ALSA_Complete_%28includes_dmix%29
><= br>> You may also want to check on which version of ALSA you're using,> because prior to ~0.9, dmix wasn't automatically enabled (software
> mixing) and if your sound card doesn't support hardware mixing, ot= her
> devices will tie up /dev/dsp and not allow Skype access. &= nbsp;Skype is
> very stingy when it comes to sharing /dev/dsp.
>= ;
> Let me know what you come up with.
>
> Jason Weisberger

So, I don't know...
I have alsa= in the kernel (2.6.16.7 it's alsa-1.0.11) = and it works for
all devices... Probably I have a bad dmix configuration= (the default
one...)... Have you a idea how can I check the dmix configuration? Iremember you I can't use midi because I have a SBLive!5.1 (it worked
ne= ver...), but my audio system works properly...
Thanks, Luigi
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