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Re: [pygame] pygame.init() stalls...
Try a:
sudo modprobe snd-seq-oss
in the terminal. I had this problem earlier (though it didn't freeze),
but I have a SoundBlaster Live! LS card, so I don't know if it'll work
for you.
On 5/13/05, Troels Therkelsen <tt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Matt Bailey wrote:
> I have the same issue, it's SDL_mixer. Where does strace indicate it's
> hanging
> at? Mine hangs when trying to open /dev/dsp. Other sound apps work fine,
> just
> not SDL stuff. Weird!
>
> What sound system are you using, and what kind of hardware?
>
> -Matt Bailey
>
> On Thursday 12 May 2005 06:42, Troels Therkelsen set 1,000 monkies in front
> of
> keyboards and came up with the following:
>
>
> Thanks for the quick reply; you are right, it is the mixer device init
> which is hanging.
>
> Knowing how snafu sound on Linux is, it will probably be very hard to
> trace this one down. Got any ideas how to do that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Troels Therkelsen
>
>
> Hangs at trying to open /dev/dsp0 in write-only mode like you. I'm using
> ALSA and stuff like xmms works just fine.
>
> Card: Intel 82801DB-ICH4
> Chip: SigmaTel STAC9750/51
>
> IOW, I'm using your average run-of-the-mill AC'97 compatible hardware which
> should be very, very common.
>
> I know I have some problems with other stuff, like the SoundScope plugin
> for gkrellm, so the SDL stall probably is due to a misconfiguration of my
> sound setup, but I just can't see what it is.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Troels Therkelsen
>
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~ Zain