The sound of silence
§:<:” When I boot into Mandrake 7.2, and | attempt to play an mp3 audio track through XMMS, it often gives an error saying “couldn’t open audio”. If I select options/preferences, and change the output plugin from the default (OSS Driver) to a different option and ‘apply’, then back to the default and ‘apply’, usually everything works in the proper way.
I am certain that the soundcard is set up correctly, because there is never a problem if I use KMedia Player for my output. Am I experiencing a knovvn bug with XMMS (version 1.2.3) or is there anything I can do in the way of configuration to eliminate the problem? David Longstaff
j|f II KDE uses a daemon vvhich Controls the m k H sound outPut so that multiple I .88888% 1 applications are able to access the sound card at once. This is usually handled transparently, but some applications may have problems. We tested xmms 1.2.4 and that appeared to vvork fine vvith the OSS plug-in and KDE, so you might find it best to upgrade and see if you experience the same problems.
