Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Sound Problem, Suse 8.1 with Alsa, Laptop and so on

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Have you tested the microphone under M$ ?

Something that could help:
- on starting and stoping, alsactl stores the different volumes of the
different devices in a config file. The name and the place of that
config file changes from distribution to distribution, but perhaps you
could have a look at it.
- make sure all the volume levels are at the maximum (GM should put them
to the maximum, but who knows).

When you find the solution, please contribute it back here. I can also
suggest you to subscribe to the ALSA users mailing list.

Le mer 23/04/2003 à 14:18, Sigi a écrit :
> it seems, there is a problem with the mic......
> in the mixer windows I ticked the mic as my recording device....
> 
> but i cant hear anything while playing the wavfile....seems as if the 
> recording is the problem....
> (the soundcard is alright because it works under M$)
> 
> wavrec -d /dev/dsp myfile.wav
> ^[[21~
> linux:~ #
> linux:~ # wavplay myfile.wav
> Pathname:       myfile.wav
> Device:         /dev/dsp
> Sampling Rate:  22050 Hz
> Mode:           Mono
> Samples:        220500
> Bits:           16
> 
> linux:~ #
> 
> Sigi
> 
> 
> Damien Sandras wrote:
> 
> >Le mer 23/04/2003 à 13:51, Sigi a écrit :
> >  
> >
> >>nope :-(.....
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
> >If you have no error message, ALSA installed, but that the sound is not
> >played back, I suggest the mic doesn't work.
> >
> >Have you tried rec -d /dev/dsp myfile.wav; then play myfile.wav?
> >It will record a file...
> >
> >  
> >
> >>but the mic works, speaker deto....
> >>
> >>
> >>Damien Sandras wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>do you have the required delayed 
> >>>echo when using the wizard?
> >>>
> >>>Le mer 23/04/2003 à 13:35, Sigi a écrit :
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>thanks..
> >>>>
> >>>>it seems it was the Artsd which blocked the soundcard...
> >>>>i "killed" it, but actually, it didnt help..
> >>>>nothings blocks the soundcard anymore (i think),
> >>>>
> >>>>lsof /dev/dsp
> >>>>COMMAND  PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE  NODE NAME
> >>>>artsd   5949 sigi    8u   CHR   14,3      35258 /dev/dsp0
> >>>>linux:~ # kill 5949
> >>>>linux:~ # lsof /dev/dsp
> >>>>linux:~ # lsof /dev/dsp
> >>>>
> >>>>the wizard doesnt complain anymore, but i still dont transmit any sound 
> >>>>data....
> >>>>
> >>>>do you have any other hints?
> >>>>Sigi
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Damien Sandras wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hello,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Try to do lsof /dev/dsp to see if another process is not blocking the
> >>>>>soundcard. I suspect Artsd is blocking it. There is a way in KDE to tell
> >>>>>to artsd to only block the soundcard when it is using it, it has been
> >>>>>mentionned on the ml, but I forgot when and how it can be done.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Only seeing /dev/dsp in the devices list is normal if you only have one
> >>>>>souncard.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>If you think it works, you can go on irc.gnome.org, #gnomemeeting and
> >>>>>ask for a test to make sure your configuration is working. (your
> >>>>>Netmeeting friend can also have a problem)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Le mer 23/04/2003 à 11:55, Sigi a écrit :
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Hi guys...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Sorry to "bother" you with a sound problem again. I know, there has been 
> >>>>>>a lot of posts concering sound, but i couldnt solve my problem by 
> >>>>>>reading them through. That did help me.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Alright, my problem:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>gnomemeeting 0.96.1 from the gnomemeeting download section for suse 8.1
> >>>>>>Suse 8.1
> >>>>>>KDE 3.1
> >>>>>>Alsa: 0.9.0 (rpm from the suse ftp server)
> >>>>>>% rcalsasound start
> >>>>>>% Starting sound driver:  already running                           done
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>when i come to the sound section in the wizard, i can only select 
> >>>>>>dev/dsp0, there is no list (like mentioned in one of the posts)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>cat /dev/dsp > /dev/dsp
> >>>>>>cat: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
> >>>>>>linux:~ # cat /dev/dsp0 > /dev/dsp0
> >>>>>>cat: /dev/dsp0: Device or resource busy
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>The recording tick in the mixer is on mic, so that should be alright either.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>When i had the sound driver on automatic and Full Duplex ticked (Suse 
> >>>>>>Control Center) i could hear my friend (netmeeting + codec from the 
> >>>>>>download section) but he couldnt here me. I can hear myself via the 
> >>>>>>speakers.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>cheers for any advice...(btw, i am a neewbie in linux, please consider 
> >>>>>>that ;-))
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Sigi
> >>>>>>
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