No sound in computer games

drsethi · 07-08-2006, 11:14 AM

There is no sound in any computer game.(including Alien Arena given in July issue) However there is no problem playing audio/video files in xine, Kaffeine,Amarok,RealPlayer etc. I am using SuSE Linux 10.1 with win32codec installed. Sound is onboard Intel 915 GAV motherboard and P4 2.8 GHz. Please help so that we can enjoy computer games in Linux too.

borg · 07-08-2006, 11:38 AM

Yeah, I tried playing games in Linux, but gave up very soon. The experience was unpleasant to say the least. Anyways, make sure nothing else is running on your computer. By nothing else, I mean any program that would be using ur sound card.

eddie · 07-08-2006, 11:42 AM

Looks like this game is not routing its sound through the sound server. If you are using GNOME then stop esound and if you are using KDE then stop aRts.

JGuru · 07-08-2006, 03:47 PM

@DrSethi, Make sure that no other program is accessing the Sound card.
Open the Terminal Window & type:
Login as Root:
$ su -
$ ps -ef
(This will list all the processes that are running in your O.S. Check for the process
accessing your Sound card).
To terminate the process:
$ kill <PID>
PID -> Process ID
CAUTION: Terminating a System process will crash or hang your System!!.
So use be careful before terminating any System process.

drsethi · 08-08-2006, 10:14 AM

Dear JGuru
Now I donot know which program is using sound. Here is list____
Password:
vijay:/home/dr # ps -ef
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 1 0 0 10:00 ? 00:00:01 init [5]
root 2 1 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [migration/0]
root 3 1 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root 4 1 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [migration/1]
root 5 1 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
root 6 1 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [events/0]
root 7 1 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [events/1]
root 8 1 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [khelper]
root 9 1 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [kthread]
root 12 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [kblockd/0]
root 13 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [kblockd/1]
root 14 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [kacpid]
root 160 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [pdflush]
root 161 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [pdflush]
root 162 1 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [kswapd0]
root 163 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [aio/0]
root 164 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [aio/1]
root 379 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [cqueue/0]
root 380 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [cqueue/1]
root 381 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [kseriod]
root 428 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [kpsmoused]
root 829 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [ata/0]
root 830 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [ata/1]
root 841 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [scsi_eh_0]
root 842 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [scsi_eh_1]
root 918 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [reiserfs/0]
root 919 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [reiserfs/1]
root 1011 1 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon
root 1480 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [khubd]
root 1950 9 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 [hda_codec]
100 2666 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
root 2675 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/syslog-ng
root 2677 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/resmgrd
root 2688 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/klogd -c 1 -x -x
root 2724 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/acpid
root 2795 1 1 10:01 ? 00:00:02 /usr/sbin/hald --daemon=yes --re
root 3247 2795 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
mdnsd 3294 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/mdnsd -f /etc/nss_mdns
nobody 3401 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/portmap
root 3404 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/auditd
root 3406 9 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 [kauditd]
root 3465 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:01 zmd /usr/lib/zmd/zmd.exe
root 3516 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
root 3611 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -o PidFile=/var/r
root 3624 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/nmbd -D -s /etc/samba/
root 3629 2795 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-storage
root 3643 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/smpppd
root 3726 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/powersaved -d -f /var/
root 3754 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/postfix/master
postfix 3774 3754 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 pickup -l -t fifo -u
postfix 3777 3754 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 qmgr -l -t fifo -u
root 3779 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cron
root 3788 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/fetchmail -d 600 -a -f
root 3822 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /opt/kde3/bin/kdm
lp 3843 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd
root 3977 3822 2 10:01 tty7 00:00:05 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -br -nolisten t
root 3978 3822 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 -:0
root 4005 1 0 10:01 tty1 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1
root 4006 1 0 10:01 tty2 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2
root 4007 1 0 10:01 tty3 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3
root 4008 1 0 10:01 tty4 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4
root 4009 1 0 10:01 tty5 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5
root 4010 1 0 10:01 tty6 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6
root 4043 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D -s /etc/samba/
root 4052 4043 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D -s /etc/samba/
dr 4099 3978 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /opt/kde3/bin/startkde
dr 4138 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/gpg-agent --sh --daemon
dr 4142 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 8
dr 4143 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --sh-syntax
dr 4198 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit Running...
dr 4201 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 dcopserver [kdeinit] --nosid
dr 4216 4198 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 klauncher [kdeinit]
dr 4231 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 kded [kdeinit]
dr 4236 4099 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 kwrapper ksmserver
dr 4238 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 ksmserver [kdeinit]
dr 4239 4198 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 kwin [kdeinit]
dr 4241 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 kdesktop [kdeinit]
dr 4243 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 kicker [kdeinit]
dr 4244 4198 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 kio_file [kdeinit] file /tmp/kso
dr 4249 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 kaccess [kdeinit]
dr 4251 4198 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 konqueror [kdeinit] --preload
dr 4254 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 knotify [kdeinit]
dr 4259 4198 0 10:01 ? 00:00:01 zen-updater --desktop /usr/lib/z
dr 4265 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 kpowersave [kdeinit]
dr 4269 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 kerry [kdeinit]
dr 4271 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 klipper [kdeinit]
dr 4274 4198 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 kinternet [kdeinit] --quiet
dr 4282 4198 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/firefox
dr 4293 4282 4 10:01 ? 00:00:07 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin
dr 4299 1 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 /opt/gnome/lib/GConf/2/gconfd-2
root 4372 1 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/smpppd-ifcfg --ifcfg=i
root 4374 4372 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/pppd logfd 9 call pppo
wwwrun 4539 1 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/wwwoffled -c /etc/wwwo
postfix 4562 3754 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 smtp -t unix -u
postfix 4564 3754 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 smtp -t unix -u
postfix 4565 3754 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 4566 3754 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 smtp -t unix -u
postfix 4567 3754 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 4568 3754 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 smtp -t unix -u
postfix 4569 3754 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 4570 3754 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 smtp -t unix -u
postfix 4571 3754 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 4572 3754 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 4573 3754 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 flush -z -t unix -u
postfix 4574 3754 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 flush -z -t unix -u
dr 4575 4198 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 konsole [kdeinit]
dr 4576 4575 0 10:03 pts/1 00:00:00 /bin/bash
root 4594 4576 0 10:03 pts/1 00:00:00 su
root 4597 4594 0 10:03 pts/1 00:00:00 bash
root 4612 4597 0 10:04 pts/1 00:00:00 ps -ef
vijay:/home/dr #

JGuru · 08-08-2006, 11:59 AM

@Drsethi, why you are running SAMBA ? You don't need to run Samba File Server
unless you are on a Network & want to share Files & printers in a Network!!
The Process List tells me that you are running KDE, Konsole, FireFox, etc.,
You can configure what processes start during the Suse Linux booting, by configuring
the 'Services' in the Yast. Disable 'Samba' from the 'Services'.
It looks fine. Start running the game after you login in KDE. You should definitely
hear the sound

drsethi · 08-08-2006, 01:35 PM

Thank you JGuru for help. Now inbuilt games have sounds. But still no sound in Alien Arena 2006.

rahul_becks23 · 08-08-2006, 02:42 PM

why dont u try reinstalling latest directx

Venom · 08-08-2006, 03:06 PM

Dude... what are you spamming? Dx for Linux? You seem to be in a state of ignorance of MS!

rahul_becks23 · 09-08-2006, 01:34 AM

yeah,me too also confused with that

Venom · 09-08-2006, 09:52 AM

Confused with what man? DirectX = Windows-ONLY, surely you must be knowing that!

JGuru · 10-08-2006, 12:47 AM

@DrSethi, Check whether you need to change the Settings in the game before
playing. Make sure proper Sound card is chosen. Do you know the onboard Sound
card name in your motherboard? Is it 'AC '97' or 'C-Media' or something else?
Select the appropriate one, & see if it works.