rhythmbox can not access oss driver, have to switch to alsa in gstreamer-properties

[j^]

the default audio settings use oss, but rhythmbox or any other audio application
is not able to playback sound. the mixer works.

switching to alas in gstreamer-properties i was able to play something in rhythmbox.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

Please send the output of:

lsmod | grep snd
ls -l /dev/dsp
dpkg -l alsa-base

[j^ (j)]

with gstreamer set to oss i get the error:
Your OSS device could not be probed correctly

which shows up 9 times than starting a radio stream in rhythmbox.

here the output:

lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0 33068 3
gameport 4736 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ice1712 58692 3
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx 4224 1 snd_ice1712
snd_pcm_oss 48168 0
snd_mixer_oss 16640 5 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 85540 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ice1712,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 11144 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd_timer 23172 1 snd_pcm
snd_ak4xxx_adda 5888 2 snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
snd_cs8427 10112 1 snd_ice1712
snd_ac97_codec 59268 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ice1712
snd_i2c 5504 2 snd_ice1712,snd_cs8427
snd_mpu401_uart 7296 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ice1712
snd_rawmidi 23232 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 7944 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 50660 17
snd_intel8x0,snd_ice1712,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_cs8427,snd_ac97_codec,snd_i2c,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 9824 5 snd

ls -l /dev/dsp
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 2004-09-17 15:42 /dev/dsp

dpkg -l alsa-base
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii alsa-base 1.0.5a-1ubuntu ALSA sound driver common files

[Daniel G. Taylor (danielgtaylor)]

I am getting something similar, except audio/video apps using gstreamer say
"/dev/dsp busy" instead.

I had to switch to esd in gstreamer-properties to get sound working, and video
still doesn't work in totem with either my test DVD or .mov file. (I grabbed
libdvdcss for the dvd, but it stops with "libdvdnav: Suspected RCE Region
Protection!!!"

dan@DJ2GIG ~ $ ls -l /dev/dsp
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Sep 18 17:15 /dev/dsp

dan@DJ2GIG ~ $ lsmod | grep snd
snd_cmipci 30372 4
snd_pcm_oss 48168 1
snd_mixer_oss 16640 3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 85540 2 snd_cmipci,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 11144 1 snd_pcm
snd_opl3_lib 9728 1 snd_cmipci
snd_timer 23172 2 snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
snd_hwdep 9120 1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_mpu401_uart 7296 1 snd_cmipci
snd_rawmidi 23232 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 7944 2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd 50660 12
snd_cmipci,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 9824 4 snd
gameport 4736 2 snd_cmipci,analog

dan@DJ2GIG ~ $ dpkg -l alsa-base
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii alsa-base 1.0.5a-1ubuntu ALSA sound driver common files

[Thom May (thombot)]

gst-plugins0.8 (0.8.4-1ubuntu2) warty; urgency=low

  * Set default audiosink to "esdsink" (Warty #1349)

 -- Thom May <email address hidden> Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:20:48 +0100

ok to upload?

[Thom May (thombot)]

Uploaded.

[Thom May (thombot)]

*** Bug 8347 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***