Subject: Re: Problem with Auvia and aRts sound system
To: Stephen Nelson <st3phen@paradise.net.nz>
From: ML <ml@rz.uni-potsdam.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/05/2003 15:08:34
Hello,

> I  am using NetBSD-1.6U (i386) snapshot and KDE 3.1 from pkgsrc, but I
> am not able to get my sound card to work with artsd. I can use xmms
> without problems. Artsd fails with this message:
> 
> AudioSubSystem::handleIO: write failed
> len = 964, can_write = 1024, errno = 17 (File exists)

I have auvia and yds audio hardware, also under NetBSD 1.6U - in my case artsd just crashes after a few seconds, no matter which audio device it uses. XMMS ( using OSS emulation or native Sun audio ) and esd have absolutely no problems.

have fun
Michael