seeking broken sound driver advice

[Carl Parrish]

I had a simular problem a few months back. (I belive I may have posted
the solution to the list). If I remember correctly the major problem was
the permissions that XMMS was running under. Later today I'll go though
my logs and post the solution if its not in the archive. 

Carl P. 

On Sun, 2002-02-24 at 09:21, Lynn David Newton wrote:
> 
> I'm having trouble playing some sound files, and
> don't know what to try next.
> 
> For reference, I'm running:
> 
> o Red Hat Linux 7.1 on a Dell, kernel 2.4.2-2
> o Turtle Beach Montego A3D 64-Voice PCI Audio Card
> o An OSS sound card driver I paid money for
> 
> (Have I left out anything relevant?)
> 
> The main symptom is this:
> 
> o I use xmms to play MP3 files. It used to work without
>   problems. Suddenly, for some unexplained reason, when
>   I load an MP3 into xmms, it plays a two and a half
>   minute piece of music in about fifteen seconds.
> 
> This is not broken:
> 
> o I can insert audio CDs and play them normally.
> 
> o I can play WAV files from a command line using play filename.wav
> 
> o Real Audio Player works, although it's sometimes
>   funky. (I probably need to reset the transmission
>   speed.)
> 
> This is what I've done to try to fix it:
> 
> o Reinstalled the sound driver.
> 
> o Installed a newer version of xmms (1.2.6, whereas I
>   think 1.2.3 was part of the RH 7.1 distribution. Or
>   else I picked it up in RPM form from FreshMeat a long
>   time ago, when it was at version 1.2.3.)
> 
> It's been this way for months. I've just procrastinated
> about trying to fix it. But someone sent me an MP3 of
> some of his work that I very much want to hear, so it's
> time to pop the task to the top of the stack.
> 
> I have *not* tried to get a newer version of the driver
> and install it. It shouldn't be necessary, because to
> my knowledge I didn't do anything to change the state
> of the system. One day it worked, the next day it
> didn't.
> 
> Does anyone have any hints as to where I go from here?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -- 
> Lynn David Newton
> Phoenix, AZ
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