cannot open audio device

[OneSeventeen]

I recently switched to ubuntu linux from windows, and aside from DVD video being very staggered, I cannot hear any sounds.

When I view messages it just says that it cannot open audio device.

[xtophe]

go to the preferences and in audio/audio output choose another module.
Save and restart vlc.

For vlc i think you should first try esd

hth,

[Guest]

What's strange is if I browse the /dev folder with vlc, then I don't see any of the items I see when I browse with nautalis.

I have even chmodded a few files with 777 and vlc's browser still doesn't see them.

If I manually type them in, it never finds them. (i have tried snd, audio, and dsp, none of which work.)

I wish there was a way to find out what other programs are using, such as CD player, system sounds, etc.

Oddly, snd is a folder, but everything else is a single file.

[OneSeventeen]

oops, forgot to login first.


I also wanted to mention that it won't play audio CDs either, it just sees the data from the CD, not the audio tracks.

[OneSeventeen]

okay, after following my distro's guide on getting sound to work here I can now hear it, although the video is crazy choppy, until I play the same scene the 2nd time around, then it is crazy fast, but that's another thread.

Consider this solved.

(installed/configured alsa properly)