Sound problem wisth ESD

[xhak]

Hello

i have a debian sarge with 2.4.24 kernel and sound with ALSA and ESD

i can play MP3s using XMMS using the eSound plugin ( libesdout.so ) so i guess my sound works

but when i play a video file, i have the video (sometimes ), but in the command line it tells me

aout error: can't open audio device (/dev/dsp)
module error: requested audio output module `dsp' unavailable
aout error: no suitable aout module
adec error: failed to create aout fifo

in the options i selected esd, i also tried dsp, but both don't work

how can i configure my sound ( esd ? vlc ? alsa ? anything else ? ) to have some sound... because at the moment i just can play MP3s with XMMS ( how does he manage to get sound !!! ), and no other application play sounds ( gnome, mozilla... )

Thanks !

vlc --version
VideoLAN Client - version 0.3.1 Ourumov - (c) 1996-2002 VideoLAN
vlc 0.3.1 Ourumov Copyright 1996-2002 VideoLAN

alsaconf --help
ALSA configurator version 1.0.3

esd --version
Esound version 0.2.29

uname -r
2.4.24-1-386

lsmod :
i810_audio 21436 2
ac97_codec 11444 0 [i810_audio]
soundcore 3268 2 [i810_audio]

[AsMaX]

If you compiled vlc with esd support everything should work fine. But first upgrade your vlc, 0.3.1 is a really really old version !

[xhak]

If you compiled vlc with esd support everything should work fine. But first upgrade your vlc, 0.3.1 is a really really old version !

i didn't compile anything...
i get everything with apt-get

and as i have a debian sarge ( sid )... well the packages "should" be quiet recent :\

but i downloaded the package vlc with esd support...

dpkg --get-selections | grep vlc
vlc install
vlc-esd install
vlc-gnome install

dpkg -p vlc-esd
Package: vlc-esd
Priority: optional
Section: graphics
Installed-Size: 48
Maintainer: Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: vlc
Version: 0.3.1-1
Depends: vlc (= 0.3.1-1), libaudiofile0 (>= 0.2.3-4), libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libesd0 (>= 0.2.23-1) | libesd-alsa0 (>= 0.2.23-1)
Size: 4138
Description: Esound plugin for vlc
VideoLAN is a free MPEG, MPEG2 and DVD software solution.
.
This plugin adds support for the Enlightened Sound Daemon to vlc, the
VideoLAN Client. To activate it, use the `--aout esd' flag or select
the `esd' aout plugin from the preferences menu.

dpkg -p vlc
Package: vlc
Priority: optional
Section: graphics
Installed-Size: 1416
Maintainer: Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.3.1-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), xlibs (>> 4.1.0)
Recommends: vlc-gui
Suggests: vlc-gnome
Filename: pool/main/v/vlc/vlc_0.3.1-1_i386.deb
Size: 400956
MD5sum: ccfad3843ffc6426a3fd44a0ee2f9bd6
Description: a free MPEG and DVD player
VideoLAN is a free MPEG, MPEG2 and DVD software solution.
.
This is vlc, the VideoLAN Client. It plays MPEG and MPEG2 files,
DVDs, or MPEG streams from a network source.

damn, my debian is up to date... but how is that it has sooo old version of VLC ???

[Sigmund]

VLC is taking it's time getting into sarge. Too many dependencies.