On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Rob Dege wrote:
>
> Okay, I've got RedHat 7.2 running damn well. I just installed quake3, and
> that works just as well, with the exception that I have NO SOUND!
>
> The error I get is that /dev/dsp is either busy, or I don't have permissions
> to use it. I changed /dev/dsp so that I have rw access:
>
> crw-rw-rw- root root /dev/dsp
>
> Even when I try to run the program as root (via sudo), I still get the same
> error. Yet I can use xmms, mplayer, and KDE with no problems. Yes, I made
> sure no other programs were accessing the device when I started.
>
> Any suggestions?
I have a script I use to launch Quake (and some other games) from the
command line (it starts XFree86 directly). Grab it from
http://www.billemon.org.uk/pub/users/bill/src/misc/xrun
(same URL with ftp: works too). You need to add some "layout" sections
to your XF86Config-4 or hack the script a bit to suit your installation
but it does simplify launching games. Avoids /dev/dsp problems (that
said, I can launch most games on my GNOME desktop without problems ...
so I'm puzzled by it not working for you. Is "esd" still running when
you try to launch the game?
> -Rob
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