No sound in Alien Arena 2007

Tech Support Forum Linux, BSD and Other OS's
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I can’t seem to get any sound in Alien Arena 2007. I get the following error

/dev/dsp: Broken pipe Could not toggle.

But sometimes I get:

/dev/dsp: Device or resource busy Could not open /dev/dsp

Rebooting doesn’t solve it. I’ve tried typing ‘killall artsd’ but it doesn’t do anything either.

2

Try using ALSA instead of OSS. Also, set ARTSD to use ALSA as well. OSS is depreciated in the Linux Kernel for a reason. :slight_smile:

3

How can I tell whether I am using ALSA or OSS? How would I go about removing OSS completey? Would removing OSS break compatibility with some programs?