XMMS won't start

andersonbd1 · n00b Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 7

I've seen this problem listed in this forum a couple of times, but the responses either didn't work or didn't apply to me.

this is my make.conf:
USE="qt kde -gnome gtk arts dvd oss X xmms"

this is the error I get when I run xmms:
benanderson root # xmms
ALSA lib control.c:612:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0

** WARNING **: snd_mixer_attach: No such file or directory

My sound card is compiled into the kernel ( not as module ). Everything else seems to work ok. CD's play, mplayer works fine.

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tycheung · n00b Joined: 29 Dec 2002 Posts: 43

maybe you have to add alsa to your USE variables?

other than that, I have no clue...

apokalyptik · n00b Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 62

yea, you might try emerge search xmms and see whether xmms-alsa (or something similar) is merged... if it is, unmerge everything with xmms and alsa in the title. I had the same problem a few months back.

hope that helps

(and if it does, remember to set -alsa in yout USE variable in /etc/make.conf)
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andersonbd1 · n00b Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 7

I did
emerge -C xmms

then I did

emerge xmms

I still get the same error
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