Re: [pygame] pygame.init() stalls...

[Troels Therkelsen <tt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matt Bailey wrote:

I have the same issue, it's SDL_mixer. Where does strace indicate it's hanging 
at? Mine hangs when trying to open /dev/dsp. Other sound apps work fine, just 
not SDL stuff. Weird!

What sound system are you using, and what kind of hardware?

	-Matt Bailey

On Thursday 12 May 2005 06:42, Troels Therkelsen set 1,000 monkies in front of 
keyboards and came up with the following:
  

Thanks for the quick reply; you are right, it is the mixer device init
which is hanging.

Knowing how snafu sound on Linux is, it will probably be very hard to
trace this one down.  Got any ideas how to do that?

Thanks,

Troels Therkelsen
    

Hangs at trying to open /dev/dsp0 in write-only mode like you.  I'm using ALSA and stuff like xmms works just fine.

Card: Intel 82801DB-ICH4
Chip: SigmaTel STAC9750/51

IOW, I'm using your average run-of-the-mill AC'97 compatible hardware which should be very, very common.

I know I have some problems with other stuff, like the SoundScope plugin for gkrellm, so the SDL stall probably is due to a misconfiguration of my sound setup, but I just can't see what it is.

Best regards,

Troels Therkelsen