Sound problem with every sound backend except arts

LB06 · 2004-10-23 07:36:02

Whenever I use a media player that doesn't use arts as its sound output, I get no sound. I always get a message 'Can't open /dev/sound/dsp(or some alsa device node, depending on whether I choose OSS or ALSA) Device or resource busy'.

It seems that arts is occupying every all sound systems. Outside kde I do have sound. I tried to disable the kde sound system in the kde control center, but still a no go.

modules: snd-intel8x0 and snd-pcm-oss
Arch current

Anyone has a solution, exept not to use KDE?

Snowman · 2004-10-23 19:00:04

Try loading the following modules: snd-mixer-oss, snd-seq-oss

xerxes2 · 2004-10-24 19:27:28

isn't there an option somewhere in kcontrol to turn off arts after a choosen time?

LB06 · 2004-10-24 19:50:33

xerxes2 wrote:

isn't there an option somewhere in kcontrol to turn off arts after a choosen time?

Thanks! That did the trick. I somehow totally overlooked that option.

btw. on my desktop pc, I arts never took full control of my sounds. I could run xine and amarok simultaniously. Is there a way to fix this?

I already had those modules loaded, btw.

xerxes2 · 2004-10-24 20:07:48

I don't use kde at the moment so I don't have a clue,
do you mean that they mix their output?
it never happened to me but I used juk,

LB06 · 2004-10-24 21:03:55

No, the problem was that I get any sound output from a prog that doesn't use artsd. This was solved by automatigically letting arts disable itself after x seconds. But now I am in a situation where I can only use one sound system at a time.

For example, I can't watch a movie with mplayer (that directly uses alsa/oss) and let KDE make sounds when closing windows (through arts).

phrakture · 2004-10-25 04:57:46

artsd = bad

LB06 · 2004-10-25 10:22:58

phrakture wrote:

artsd = bad

Thank you for this totally useless post.

Do you have another without dropping KDE?

thegnu · 2004-10-30 14:59:02

I think everytime someone says artsd = bad, it brings artsd (= bad) closer to death.

So artsd = bad. Isn't a useless post, even if everyone knows it.

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Sound problem with every sound backend except arts

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