[GnomeMeeting-list] Sound

[Pablo Ortuzar <portuzar wanadoo fr>]

Hi

I run SuSE 8 with ALSA v0.9.0rc3 installed. Card is a VIA 82C686A/B at 0xcc00, 
irq 10. I use the Gnomeeting version that comes with SuSE 8. I have a Philips 
ToUcam USB webcam.  I'm trying to get in touch with my son, who uses Windows 
XP and NetMeeting. Video is perfect, but in different occasions I've 
experienced either

1) no sound at all
2) sound  coming only from his side
3)  sound coming only from my side.

By the same token, after doing alsaconf,  I've had either

A) Audio devices:
    0: VIA 82C686A (DUPLEX)
    1: USB Audio

B) 0: VIA 82C686A (DUPLEX)

C) NO DEVICES ENABLED IN CONFIG

Today's case was number 3 B (sound from my side only, Audio Devices: 0: VIA 
82C686A (DUPLEX)).

#  lsmod |grep snd gave the following:

snd-pcm-oss            44288   0  (unused)
snd-mixer-oss          12288   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-via686              7844   0
snd-pcm                61728   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-via686]
snd-timer              11008   0  [snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec         26160   0  [snd-via686]
snd-mpu401-uart         3216   0  [snd-via686]
snd-rawmidi            12800   0  [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device          3984   0  [snd-rawmidi]
snd                    30312   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via686 
snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
usbcore                55136   1  [snd audio pwc usb-uhci]
soundcore               3268   2  [snd audio]

# cat /proc/bus/usb/drivers gave the following:

         usbdevfs
         hub
         Philips webcam
         audio

GM History log was as follows:

18:48:18 :  Reinitializing the capabilities 
18:48:18 :  Added MS-GSM capability with 3 frames transmitted with each packet 
18:48:18 :  Added G.711-ALaw capability with 20 frames transmitted with each 
packet 
18:48:18 :  Added G.711-uLaw capability with 20 frames transmitted with each 
packet 
18:48:18 :  Added GSM-06.10 capability with 3 frames transmitted with each 
packet 
18:48:18 :  Added LPC10 capability 
18:48:19 :  Added H.261 QCIF capability 
18:48:19 :  Added H.261 CIF capability 
18:48:22 :  Set Audio player device to /dev/dsp 
18:48:22 :  Set Audio recorder device to /dev/dsp1 
18:48:22 :  Connecting to ILS directory ils.seconix.com, port 389 
18:48:23 :  Opening Video device 
18:48:23 :  Successfully opened video device /dev/video0, channel 0 
18:48:24 :  Sucessfully registered to ILS directory ils.seconix.com, port 389 
18:50:24 :  Call 1: calling xxx.xx.xx.xx 
18:50:30 :  Started New Logical Channel... 
18:50:30 :  Sending MS-GSM{sw} 
18:50:30 :  Enabled silence detection for MS-GSM{sw} 
18:50:30 :  Started New Logical Channel... 
18:50:30 :  Sending H.261-QCIF 
18:50:30 :  Fast start disabled 
18:50:30 :  H.245 Tunnelling disabled 
18:50:30 :  Connected with N N [xxx.xx.xx.xx] using Microsoft® NetMeeting®	3.0	
181:0:21324 
18:50:30 :  Started New Logical Channel... 
18:50:30 :  Receiving MS-GSM{sw} 
18:50:30 :  Started New Logical Channel... 
18:50:30 :  Receiving H.261-CIF 
18:50:30 :  Requesting remote to send video quality : 7/31 
18:50:32 :  Request ok 
18:56:18 :  Call completed

In case (A):
    0: VIA 82C686A (DUPLEX)
    1: USB Audio
I was able to do cat /dev/dsp1 > /dev/dsp succesfully, i.e. speak and listen 
to my voice. Otherwise, cat: /dev/dsp1 gives: No such device.
Should I always install snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss?

I do not know where the problem lies. Sound in RealPlayer does not work, but 
AlsaPlayer and Xmms work perfectly. Any ideas? SuSE  provides no help on the 
sound issue.

Thanks in advance --and thanks to Damien Sampras for making distance so 
marvelously short.

Pablo Ortuzar