[wellylug] XMMS problem

[Jethro Carr]

On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 22:47 +1300, Steven Mulvay wrote:
> Hi all, I have been unable to get XMMS working properly. When I tried
> to play a song under a normal account user, it says: can't open audio
> please check that:
> 1. The sound card is working properly
> 2. That you have selected the correct output plugins
> 3. That nothing else is blocking the sound card
> Sometimes it gives the error: can't use OSS driver 1.210. Under a
> normal account user I can't play the audio file with XMMS at all,
> under the root user XMMS gives me the same error messages, but if I
> wait 1/2 a second and then try playing the file, it works. This does
> not seem to be a core audio problem because other mp3 players are
> working fine. Also the automatic sounds that play in KDE play fine. I
> have checked and re-checked the audio plugin list under XMMS and the
> correct plugins seem to be selected.

I would say that the most likely cause is that you need to switch it to
alsa output.

Goto the preferences window, and select "alsa" as your output driver.
Then give that a try.


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Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jedolinux.com>


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