Sound Problems

**Q1tum** · 06-01-2006

Hi I installed Debian Etch yesterday

I'm heaving some problems with sounds, when I go to Desktop -> Preferences -> Sound -> Sound Events (in Gnome) and select any file to play I hear sound, but when I try someting else I don't get any sound even tried to play a movie via http://video.google.com (which I know has sound on my windows machine). Any suggestions / Ideas about this?

I got a second question, I mounted my secondary NTFS partition witch works. I want to use the MP3's that are stored there and play it with some MP3 player let's say XMMS. but I'm not allowed to play the files becouse they are from root, what is the best way to solf this? just chmod the MP3 dir or is there another sollution?

Thanks

Q1tum

**antidrugue** · 06-01-2006

Originally Posted by Q1tum

but I'm not allowed to play the files becouse they are from root, what is the best way to solf this? just chmod the MP3 dir or is there another sollution?

The best way to solve this is to mount the NTFS drive so the user can read to it.

Use the umask options for that:

Code:

mount -t ntfs -o umask=0222,user /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows

Given that /dev/sda1 olds your Windows partition and that /mnt/windows is your choosen destination for it (in that case /mnt/windows must exist).

Or in /etc/fstab

Code:

/dev/sda1    /mnt/windows    ntfs    umask=0222,user       0       0

**Q1tum** · 06-01-2006

Thanks, the mount -t ntfs -o umask=0222,user /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows part works

But XMMS still is saying:

Couldn't open audio

Please check thatL

Your soundcard configured properly
You have the correct output plugin selected
No other program is blocking the soundcard

Desktop -> Preferences -> Sound -> Sound Events is still working :S

any idea's where to check / look for a sollution regarding this?

Regards,

Q1tum

**Q1tum** · 06-01-2006

Just found out that Totem Media Player can play MP3's and that is working at the moment

**brokndodge** · 06-01-2006

you will probably need to load alsa-oss. a lot of linux packages use oss to provide sound. alsa-oss provides an oss wrapper for alsa.

apt-get install alsa-oss

**Q1tum** · 06-02-2006

Thanks!

apt-get install alsa-oss did the trick

after that I only have to do sudo alsaconf and everything works, again thanks!

Regards,

Q1tum

**Q1tum** · 06-03-2006

hmm, it worked untill I reboot

I have to do alsaconf every time I reboot, I searched if there was an option to save the config but could not find it, does enyone have a idea here?

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