Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Sound problems

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 11:24:38PM +0000, Adrian Spilca wrote:
> 
> Damien,
> 
> I definitelly have a problem with mixers. See below. But this one could be more
> important: you told me to look after ARTSD. I told you I can't see it, but I was
> wrong. It's there...
> 
> artsd -F 10 -S 4096
> 
> Is this wrong?
> 

Yes, try to shut it down. Sometimes, artsd can make an exclusive use of
the soundcard and prevent other programs to use it!

> 
> > It is impossible that the mixer settings change to 0 after a call. They
> > can be set to 0 before the call. But you can change that into
> > GnomeMeeting in the control panel. Have you tried to set values to the
> > maximum? If Value are set to 0, it is normal to hear nothing.
> 
> I know. I always check the two controls for sound to be sure none of them are to
> minimum. Yes, I tried large values for settings if not maximum, like over 90%. It
> might be that not GM is turning the mixer to mute, but I don't know who. That's
> certain that I'm not able to talk / listen in conference.
> 

artsd I think
> 
> > Moreover, have you installed alsa or are u running the OSS driver from
> > teh kernel?.
> 
> I installed ALSA and all seems to be OK. If I run lsmod I can see the modules I
> specified in /etc/modules.conf, like in the ALSA doc. Also, I told you, before
> ALSA no sound recording application worked properly. In the kernel there is OSS
> support, but as module.
> 
> Now, I discovered that rc.sysinit starts some aumix-minimal which loads some mixer
> 
> settings from /etc/.aumixrc. I tried to write this as convenient, but still the
> mixer settings after boot-up are different. Who else can alter my mixer settings?
> 


The script that initialises ALSA will touch the mixer settings.
Aumix has no effect on ALSA, at least on Debian.

> It could be because of KDE? kmix is refusing to appear when I start it from the
> terminal, though I can see the process with ps -ax.

Yes, perhaps because of artsd. Try to remove artsd and tell us if it works.
The ultimate help would be to come on the IRC channel for interactive help
when im there. 

> 
> Regards, Adrian
> 
> 
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