[kde-freebsd] KSayit questions... .

[Gary Kline]

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:05:27AM +0200, Michael Rudolph wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 May 2007 01:01:16 Gary Kline wrote:
> > On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 10:46:46PM +0100, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote:
> > > >device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Device busy)
> > > >
> > > >What I'm running is OSS and "ESD"(?).
> > >
> > > And that is your problem. As long as /dev/dsp is the only audio
> > > device, only esd *or* artsd can access it, not both. Arts is nice
> > > enough to relinquish the device after a short period of inactivity.
> > > ESD may not do the same. If you enable vchans, you should be able
> > > to run esd and artsd simultaneously, each using its own vchan.
> >
> > 	Thanks.  And where do I put the hw.snd.* entries that list the
> > 	vchans settings?  In which directory and file.
> >
> > 	I finally rebooted with KDE and arts[d] is in  my ps ax list.
> > 	Still, noaudio from ksayit/ktts, &c.
> >
> > 	gary
> >
> > 	PS: this was to stderr when I tried ksayit from konsole.
> >
> > QObject::connect: No such signal KTTSDLib::signalCallPreferences()
> > QObject::connect:  (sender name:   'KTTSD-Library')
> > QObject::connect:  (receiver name: 'MainWindow')
> > kio (KMimeType): WARNING: KServiceType::offers : servicetype
> > KSayIt/FXPlugin not found p1 15:41 <tao2> [72] psag artsd
> >   799  ??  S      0:03.08 /usr/local/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -s 60
> > -martsmessa
> >
> > > - Bartosz
> 
> Hi Gary,
> 
> I can't help you with the rest of your problems, but sysctl(8) 
> configuration is done in /etc/sysctl.conf.
> 
> My entries read:
> 
> thinkpad% grep hw.snd /etc/sysctl.conf 
> hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=4
> hw.snd.maxautovchans=4
> thinkpad% 
> 
> If I recall correctly, these lines are just copied from the handbook or 
> a FAQ entry.
> 
> I hope that helps.


	You're exactly right; this is just what I tried last night.
	Presto!  Audio!  I still don't understand how arts, oss, and esd
	work together.  Maybe I'll google that:)

	gary

> 
> michael

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