[TriLUG] Question: LAN Gaming Party (where?)

Fri Jun 28 14:19:39 EDT 2002

The most common way to work with sound in Linux is OSS.  This gives you 
the /dev/dsp* interface.  There is a also ALSA, which is a whole new set 
of drivers that offers more functionality than OSS, and furthermore, can 
emulate OSS (provide /dev/dsp*).  On top of that, you can use ARTS or ESD, 
or whatever you please.  My personal method is to just use OSS, chmod 
/dev/dsp1 and /dev/mixer to 666 and be done with it.  No fussin, no 
mucking around with sometimes flaky processes, no security.  For a 
personal box, this is probably the way to go.  For a server, I would 
suggest chowning the devices to the one account that actually ever sits in 
front of the computer to hear the sound.  For a lab computer, its time to 
look at Arts or ESD, else you will have people SSHing into the box and 
blasting things at will.

josh

p.s.  I'm down for the LAN party, I want to play.  I don't have much of a 
video card (g400) but I do have dual 1600+ XPs to throw into the server 
mix.

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, William W. Ward wrote:

> Okay, you've brought up an interesting area of unknowledge for me - and I
> only need a short answer to make my Linux hour:
> 
> Bill's understanding of "Sound Under Linux":  You can have a sound driver in
> the kernel to virtualize the device a-la Windows DirectX, you can have a
> process that directly writes to the sound card /dev/whatever thing, or you
> can (apparently) toss a module into your GUI-of-choice which handles sound
> in a virtual sort of way for GUI-friendly apps.
> 
> Question:  What is the most commonly applied method for managing the sound
> card under Linux in GUI environments (KDE/Gnome/?)  Do most games (Quake3,
> UT, ?) handle sound with their own sound driver support a-la MS-DOS in the
> early 90's?  Do they call a common module type or backgrounded process and
> exe from a shell?  Or what all?
> 
> Goal: To understand how I should expect my Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card to
> be configured such that I can use the majority of sound tools available for
> GNU/Linux or Anti-GNU/Linux (pick your favorite moniker of the day,) without
> making significant changes each time I want to run an app.
> 
> This is a usability question as well, think of it in terms of convenience as
> well as tech.  I'll be sure to note my results and add them to a paper file
> that may one day become another public domain "How-To" on desktop Linux.
> 
> Thanks!
> Bill
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vestal, Roy L." <rvestal at rti.org>
> To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:33 AM
> Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Question: LAN Gaming Party (where?)
> 
> 
> > Under Control Panel, Sound, Sound Server, there is an option "Start aRts
> > soundserver on KDE startup". When I had problems with UT under Linux not
> > getting sound, I called Loki (yes REAL Loki support!) and he told me to
> turn
> > this off and restart X. aRts takes full control of the sound card and
> > doesn't let other products go directly to the hardware, only through it,
> and
> > the games don't like that.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John F Davis [mailto:johndavi at us.ibm.com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:13 AM
> > To: trilug at trilug.org
> > Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Question: LAN Gaming Party (where?)
> >
> >
> > I think its more a case of my i810 chipset sound card.  I'll look for aRTS
> > sound server though.  I do use KDE and I do have audio in KDE.
> >
> > FWIW, I'm listening to MC Hawking Quake Master on my work laptop right
> now.
> > I'm ready to play.
> >
> > JD
> >
> > "Vestal, Roy L." <rvestal at rti.org>@trilug.org on 06/28/2002 09:02:52 AM
> >
> > Please respond to trilug at trilug.org
> >
> > Sent by:    trilug-admin at trilug.org
> >
> >
> > To:    "'trilug at trilug.org'" <trilug at trilug.org>
> > cc:
> > Subject:    RE: [TriLUG] Question: LAN Gaming Party (where?)
> >
> >
> >
> > John,
> >  Turn off aRTS sound server if you have it enabled. That should fix your
> > sound. If you are using KDE, it's in the Kontrol Panel
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John F Davis [mailto:johndavi at us.ibm.com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 6:43 AM
> > To: trilug at trilug.org
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Question: LAN Gaming Party (where?)
> >
> >
> > I'm in.  I would like to play quake 3 to begin with.  I also need help
> > getting sound working for Q3A.  I have sound for mp3's and such, but alas
> I
> > can't get quake to work sound wise.
> >
> > Later, I can show you all how to play Castle Wolfenstein.
> >
> > JD
> >
> > John Turner <jdturner at nc.rr.com>@trilug.org on 06/27/2002 04:58:46 PM
> >
> > Please respond to trilug at trilug.org
> >
> > Sent by:    trilug-admin at trilug.org
> >
> >
> > To:    trilug at trilug.org
> > cc:
> > Subject:    [TriLUG] Question: LAN Gaming Party (where?)
> >
> >
> >
> > This is only partly Linux related (game servers, maybe clients) but I am
> > looking for a "cheap" place to have a "free" Lan gaming party.
> >
> > The only requirement is weekend (Fri-Sun) access and electricity. All
> > table/chairs/hardware would be provided. Also the bigger the better.
> >
> > So does anyone know of facilities that might welcome this sort of thing?
> >
> > John
> >
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Joshua Vickery
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