john@wexfordpress.com wrote:

>I downloaded and installed realplayer and connected to a live audio
>stream. It seems to be working OK except for one thing, no sound comes
>out. I have alsamixer set up for maximum volume. I turned off system
>sounds.
>
>Either I don't have a critical driver somewhere or I have something
>else turned on that blocks Realplayer from sound output. Can someone
>suggest which of the 40 jillion sound thingies on Linux/Slackware/KDE
>need to be turned on and which need to be turned off to get Realplayer
>to work? There is alsamixer, and Arts, and System sounds and Kmix and
>System Sounds and I probably some more that I have missed.
>
>Please, I have tried all kinds of combinations. In the old days,with
>earlier Slacks and much fewer choices I got it working. Now I am up to
>Slack 10.1, and clearly out of my depth.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>John Culleton
>
>
>
Might just be that RealPlayer does not work with ALSA (as I remember, it
doesn't -- check around on their site). It does, however, work just fine
with OSS...