On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 23:24 -0700, Robert Persson wrote:
> How come, if I emerged xmms +alsa -arts, do I have an arts output plugin but
> no alsa output plugin?
Hard to say without a few more details. The output of "emerge info"
answers questions about your architecture and use flags in effect, and
even the little details you might think are insignificant might hold the
key, which is why that is suggested there.
Anyway, the things I'd try are starting xmms from a terminal window so
you can see any error messages that get printed. Do that both as
yourself and as root. If a library can't be loaded, there is usually
some clue printed there. If your kernel is set to enforce things like
non-executable pages, flags may need to be changed for xmms. Make sure
your normal user is in the "audio" group, and make sure your sound
devices do exist:
Green ~ # ls -lAg /dev/sound/
total 0
crw------- 1 audio 14, 12 Apr 12 11:53 adsp
crw------- 1 audio 14, 4 Apr 12 11:53 audio
crw------- 1 audio 14, 3 Apr 12 11:53 dsp
crw------- 1 audio 14, 0 Apr 12 11:53 mixer
crw------- 1 audio 14, 1 Apr 12 11:53 sequencer
crw------- 1 audio 14, 8 Apr 12 11:53 sequencer2
And that alsa exists:
Green ~ # ls -l /proc/asound/
total 1
dr-xr-xr-x 8 root root 0 Apr 13 02:18 card0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 13 02:18 cards
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 13 02:18 devices
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 13 02:18 hwdep
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Apr 13 02:18 Live -> card0
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Apr 13 02:18 oss
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 13 02:18 pcm
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Apr 13 02:18 seq
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 13 02:18 timers
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 13 02:18 version
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