More Gentoo usability issues :(

On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 18:19, David wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Emmanuel Gravel wrote:
>
> > Second issue. Both using the nforce-audio drivers and the alsa drivers,
> > Gnome's sound recorder doesn't record anything from the mic, and
> > playback only results in: osscommon: Unable to open /dev/dsp (in use?).
> > I tried to re-emerge Gnome with esd, alsa and oss as USE variables, but
> > since it's already installed, it doesn't want to recompile with the new
> > options. I don't know if that's what the issue was either.
>
> what kernel are you running? I assume its a m/b with an onboard nvidia
> soundcard, no? did you compile alsa from the kernel, or downloaded
> seperately? are you loading the oss-compatable modules from alsa? what
> happens if you kill off esd then try it?
>
> you can re-emerge the package by hand (after editing your USE variables)
> one at a time. it'll recompile 'em. trust me, i've done it many times.
> *or*, just to be freaky, download the gnome2.5 packages from
> breakmygentoo.net. edit your USE flages, then emerge -u gnome :) be
> wary, though. gnome2.5 *is* developement.
>
>
> David

Killed ESD, it now "plays" however it's not recording anything.

Using stock Gentoo 1.4 installation. uname -a gives:
Linux hades 2.4.20-gentoo-r8 #1 Wed Dec 3 16:10:26 MST 2003 i686 AMD
Athlon(tm) AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

Onboard nForce2 audio (Shuttle XPC SN41G2). Compiled alsa from portage
(can you compile alsa with the kernel? thought alsa was a separate
package). Compiled modules for sound support and nVidia/intel8x0
support. I recompiled alsa with USE="3dnow X gtk2 gnome cdr orggvorbis
mmx esd ldap alsa oss".

Still wondering why the sound recorder insists on OSS drivers instead of
using esd, and why I can't simply re-emerge all of Gnome with new USE
flags...

Thanks!