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nuke235
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 Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:41 pm Post subject: [SOLVED]Quake 3 Sound Issue..................unusual |
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OK, I got the sound to work in Quake 3, but I have to try starting the game several times before it works. Once it starts working, I can close the game, and restart, and the sound will still be there.
However, if I close the game down, and do something else, same thing happens, I need to try restarting the game several times before the sound works.
When sound doesn't work, the Q3 console menu says "Could not open /dev/sound/dsp". However, that is the correct place for the dsp.
Logging in as root does not solve the problem. Even rebooting requires multiple attempts at starting to get the sound to work.
I tried the "set +sounddevice" command.
I am using the alsa-oss driver with a cs46xx module (Turtle Beach Soundcard). Sound otherwise works fine.
I should add, I am using the native Linux q3point, not using wine. I have heard that going through wine works better. Any confirmation of this?
Also, the permissions for the /dev/sound/dsp are correct, set to user. Also, the user is a member of "audio", so I don't think permissions are the issue.
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cokey
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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i think im correct in saying that the alsa-oss driver will only let 1 sound through at a time. Make sure all other things are closed down which might want to make a noise.
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nuke235
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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| cokehabit wrote: | | i think im correct in saying that the alsa-oss driver will only let 1 sound through at a time. Make sure all other things are closed down which might want to make a noise. |
How do I do that? |
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edudlive
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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| nuke235 wrote: | | cokehabit wrote: | | i think im correct in saying that the alsa-oss driver will only let 1 sound through at a time. Make sure all other things are closed down which might want to make a noise. |
How do I do that? |
You have PM at PcPer
Make sure to close (possibly even use killall if you still have problems) all things that have sound (ie disable sound on gaim, close xmms/aramoK).
Most sound cards in Linux can only have one set of sounds playing at a time because we dont have the specs to use hardware mixing. |
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nuke235
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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Solved.
For anyone who cares, what I did was the following:
logged into console as root
typed /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
sh /home/user/quake3/quake3
and voila, sound worked.
Now, if a script would work to do the above, can anyone tell me how to write such a script?
Oh, and the billion dollar question goes to anyone who can explain why this works, but before, I had to restart the game multiple times, before sound would work. It did work before, btw, and well, just it took many many tries at starting and restarting the game to make it work. |
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eae
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| Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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You don't need to restart alsa every time (which requires you to be root), just find what application is using /dev/sound/dsp and kill it.
Next time you receive the "could not open /dev/sound/dsp" message try (as root):
| Code: | | fuser /dev/sound/dsp |
you 'll receive a number X, type
(where X is the number you got before) and you'll see the name of the program that is blocking the soundcard. |
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nuke235
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| Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| eae wrote: | You don't need to restart alsa every time (which requires you to be root), just find what application is using /dev/sound/dsp and kill it.
Next time you receive the "could not open /dev/sound/dsp" message try (as root):
| Code: | | fuser /dev/sound/dsp |
you 'll receive a number X, type
(where X is the number you got before) and you'll see the name of the program that is blocking the soundcard. |
Actually, that was the original answer I was looking for. Thanks. Restarting alsa with a desktop icon is pretty quick, though. And, I don't need to restart alsa every time, as long as I leave the KDE desktop sounds turned off. |
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cokey
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 1:31 am Post subject: |
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tell everyone what the answer was and put SOLVED on the title to the thread
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nuke235
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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UPDATE:
I know understand what my issue was. I was using arts, and whenever an arts sound played, it took control of the soundcard away from alsa.
I could get it back if I restarted alsa (ie /etc/init.d/alsasound restart), but that was always really annoying.
So, I found this post: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-322814-highlight-disable+arts.html
And now I have KDE sounds, game sounds, and no more alsa restarts. |
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