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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: patch for arts on ppc
From:       Thomas <zander () xs4all ! nl>
Date:       2000-10-06 19:42:59
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I can confirm this, the problem is indeed going away with the patch
below.

The code works on my intel and my ppc machines (imac with 2.2.13)

Please comment/test.

> Hello.
> 
>  I'm trying to get arts running on my ppc. I've never managed to use it
> yet. The problem is always different, so I haven't spoken here about it until
> now.
> 
>  The latest problem I've had is : ioctl SNDCTL_DSP_GETCAPS failed. I've
> checked the sound driver (dmasound in the linux kernel), and it indeed does not
> implement this ioctl.
>  By modifying audiosubsys.cc to not quit on this error but rather set
> device_caps=0, i've managed to bypass this problem. 
> 
>  ** I think this should definetly be in the kde2 final **
> 
>    and this is harmless
> 
> regards, 
> 
> Thomas
> 
zander@namlook:~/sources/kde/kdelibs/arts/flow > cvs diff audiosubsys.cc
Index: audiosubsys.cc
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/kde/kdelibs/arts/flow/audiosubsys.cc,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -3 -p -r1.25 audiosubsys.cc
--- audiosubsys.cc      2000/09/28 22:42:37     1.25
+++ audiosubsys.cc      2000/10/06 19:39:57
@@ -232,13 +232,7 @@ int AudioSubSystem::open()
         */
        int device_caps;
        if(ioctl(audio_fd,SNDCTL_DSP_GETCAPS,&device_caps) == -1)
-       {
-               _error = "SNDCTL_DSP_GETCAPS failed - ";
-               _error += strerror(errno);
-
-               close();
-               return -1;
-       }
+            device_caps=0;
 
        artsdebug("device capabilities: ");
        artsdebug("revision%d ",device_caps & DSP_CAP_REVISION);


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Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new

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