I'm not sure this is your problem, but XMMS uses OSS by default, so you need to use the preferences to change it to ALSA.
--Kurt Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am experiencing a real odd thing, I configured my kernel to alsa for > NVIDIA AC'97 sound card, the sound options had beeing done well since > cat /proc/asound/cards returns: > 0 [CK804 ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK804 > NVidia CK804 with ALC850 at 0xda003000, irq 11 > > nice, > XMMS plays my mp3 and ogg files, mplayer plays most part of my videos, > but mplayers always says at starttup that audio device is already in > use, but it plays video with audio. > > Until there, no real problem, but gnome enviroment sounds just don't > work, if I change multimedia for alsa none of the other programs work > and gnome sound events sound shuttering. > > What can I do to solve this issue ? anyone had a clue ? > > Thanks for all the support, Allan. > > PS. If anyone needs complementary information, just ask. > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list