[ltp] Slackware 8.0 and sound on TP600E

[Tod Harter]

You can fix the KDE grabbing /dev/dsp problem. If you go to KDE's  control 
centerand go to the audio/sound server config tab you can tell the aRts sound 
daemon to suspend (check the "autosuspend if idle for..." checkbox and put in 
whatever value you want. Then if you want to use a non-aRts aware sound 
application you just have to close down whatever else is using sound and wait 
for the idle duration to expire (which you can also set). 

The artsdsp command line program can also be used to redirect non-aRts aware 
programs so they work with aRts, in which case the program should run in 
concert with other audio programs. Its not a perfect system, but lacking the 
kind of full featured multi-media layer that windows has it is the best you 
can get in a Linux environment.

I must admit, audio on Linux is not up to snuff. I routinely have problems 
where programs sporadically fail to open the audio device, or the device 
becomes permanently blocked when some program crashes and then only a reboot 
will fix it. I'm really hoping that integrating ALSA into the kernel is going 
to spell some improvement in the situation!

On Tuesday 02 April 2002 13:46, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 April 2002 12:01 am, Pino Giaquinto wrote:
> > if I type:
> > ls -l /dev/dsp
> > I see:
> > crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 14, 3 Jul 18 1994 /dev/dsp
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thomas Hood" <jdthood2@yahoo.co.uk>
> > To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:55 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ltp] Slackware 8.0 and sound on TP600E
> >
> > > On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 17:36, Pino Giaquinto wrote:
> > > > cannot open /dev/dsp
>
> Are you running X?  Do you have anything that could possibly be holding
> /dev/dsp open running (say, a defunct xmms or mpg123)?
>
> On my system KDE grabs /dev/dsp and never lets go, so any time I try to
> play audio by hand I get that same error.
>
> -Peter
>
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