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b-atx
January 20th, 2008, 05:24 PM
It's not just no sound with Steam...it's if I run steam through WINE then I get no sound at all.

When I try to use Totem to play an mp3 I get this error: "The audio device is busy. Is another application using it?"

I've read that I should use the OSS driver in Steam and not the ALSA driver. I'm doing that, but it still doesn't work.

Edit: I've tried using the ALSA driver, OSS driver, and NAS driver, and neither work. Again, to clarify, if I don't start Steam I get sound, but as soon as it runs no sound comes out of my system.

Any clues?

Prefix100
February 27th, 2008, 09:29 AM
yeah i have the same problem :/

Baerun
April 9th, 2008, 09:20 PM
I also have this problem on my macbook. I have tried oss and alsa both with many different settings to no avail. Also, if i play a game anyway without sound, it will crash after a while.