[Techtalk] mpg123 error

[Raven Brooke]

On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Lee Blackwell wrote:

> Only just caught up on this thread.. so forgive me if I repeat
> something..!
> 

> I've noticed that artsd takes over control of the sound channel (/dev/dsp)
> and therefore only KDE applications can play sound.  This is why I can't
> get mpg123 or xmms to work (duh... that figures! ;-)

> 
> Have you tried killing X, and running mpg123 from the console?

Yes, the result is the same: a single note repeats until I kill it. So 
that pretty much rules out KDE as the culprit.

> 
> As far as the libao error goes, at least trying things from console can
> rule out KDE/artsd getting in the way.

> 
> Oh, and KDE2 installs a libao as part of it's installation.  Your's may be
> corrupt or an incorrect version.
> 
> I've got:
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 Jul 10 10:42
> /usr/lib/libao.so.0 -> libao.so.0.1.0
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        14222 Mar 21  2001
> /usr/lib/libao.so.0.1.0

Now this is interesting, I have ver 2.0.1. This must be the standard with 
kde2.2. I would almost want to try an older ver. to see if that helps, 
just hate to go backwards . ..


> 
> HTH,
> 
> Lee
> 
thanks  : )

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