Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:02:10 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: "Alexandre Vieira" <nullpt@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, Ariff, Abdullah <ariff@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Follow up: Sound in multiple Linux progs Message-ID: <20070614200210.448b3665@deskjail> In-Reply-To: <755cb9fc0706140427g46f8f666ke7a3882ad6f6404f@mail.gmail.com> References: <755cb9fc0706140427g46f8f666ke7a3882ad6f6404f@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting "Alexandre Vieira" <nullpt@gmail.com> (Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:27:41 +0100): > Hello, > > This is a followup of thread: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation/2006-June/002177.html > > For several years i've been using freebsd to play many FPS kind of games > (RTCW, Enemy Territory, Quakes, etc..) and I always have the same problem > with Linux programs running under binary compatibility and /dev/dsp. Virtual > channels won't work, whenever a launch a linux program that uses /dev/dsp* > any other linux program won't be able to open the device for read or write. > > I wonder if there is any workaround/fix on this matter. My workaround is > always to have 2 sound cards on the machine so I can use for example > TeamSpeak and Enemy Territory. Each program will use a different dsp device > and it works. Enable vchans instead: % sysctl -a | grep vchan hw.snd.maxautovchans: 16 Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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