Re: can't plat xmms in KDE

From: Nikolas Britton (freebsd_at_nbritton.org)
Date: 03/25/04

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To: Tadimeti Keshav <keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org

    I to am sorta having this problem too....
    After setting up a fresh install of FreeBSD 5.2.1 and installing XFCE4,
    XMMS et al. from ports I tried to test xmms and it says that it can not
    find /dev/dsp or that it's busy or something of the sort. I've setup the
    card (DEC Workstation with onboard ESS 1887) as a KO (pcm and sbc) in
    /boot/loader.conf, checked dmesg to see that they were loaded, checked
    that the devices nodes are in /dev, and also have confirmed that the
    card is working by using cdcontrol to play CDs....I read briefly in the
    multimedia section of the handbook:
    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia.html
    about setting the card to use multiple sound sources but have not had
    the time to try it, setting up sound isn't high on my todo list :-). So
    my question is, if I follow the advice in the handbook about multiple
    sound sources will this fix the problem I'm having with xmms?, if not do
    you have relevant links?

    Tadimeti Keshav wrote:

    >hi all,
    >1. I can't play XMMS in KDE (I can in GNOME).
    >THe error I get is: "some other application is using
    >the device /dev..."
    >I believe the artsD deamon is using the sound card.
    >What is the work around to this?
    >DO I need to make deinstall and make reinstall of
    >XMMS?
    >
    >2. do xmms plugins have to be deinstalled first before
    >xmms? THanks in advance.
    >
    >Tk
    >

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