Enemy Territory Sound Question.

[RU63]

Heya,

I have been hooked on ET since downloading and installing it last week. But, I am a little annoyed that i have write,

echo "et.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss

in root terminal to make the sound work everytime i restart my comp. Is there a way to load that command during computer startup?

Thanks

[ploum]

Put the command in a file (with #!/bin/sh on the first line).
Put this file in /etc/init.d/ (check that it has execution rights)

[RU63]

Put the command in a file (with #!/bin/sh on the first line).
Put this file in /etc/init.d/ (check that it has execution rights)
1. So, I make a new file, maybe called "ETsound" -
2. then write on the first line: #!/bin/sh
3. then write on the next line: echo "et.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss
4. then save it
5. then move the file to the directory : /etc/init.d

???

[RU63]

1. So, I make a new file, maybe called "ETsound" -
2. then write on the first line: #!/bin/sh
3. then write on the next line: echo "et.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss
4. then save it
5. then move the file to the directory : /etc/init.d

???
I did the abouve and it didn't work

[banadushi]

Close, but your not telling it to startup anywhere.

1st of all, I would reccomend that you copy /etc/init.d/skeleton to /etc/init.d/etsound or the like.

Then edit it so you have the appropriate stat/stop sections.

You will then need to link it into your runlevels, where to want it to start. Something line `ln -s /etc/rc2.d/S99etsound /etc/init.d/etsound` will work. You could also use `update-rc.d` see the man page for syntax.

Note, I have a general startup script written that will work for multiple binaries. When I get to work and fire up my laptop, I'll post it here too.

Rock on!

Jason

[banadushi]

Here is my starup script. You can edit the GAME variable to be a space separated list of game binaries.


#!/bin/sh

set -e

. /lib/lsb/init-functions
. /etc/default/rcS

case $1 in
start|restart|reload|force-reload)
;;
stop)
exit 0
;;
*)
log_success_msg "Usage: $0 {stop|start|restart|reload|force-reload}"
exit 1
;;
esac

log_begin_msg "Setting alsa-game parameters..."

GAMES="et.x86"

for GAME in $GAMES
do
if [[ `echo "$GAME 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss` ]]
then
log_warning_msg "Setting parameter for $GAME failed."
fi
done

log_end_msg 0

[RU63]

"You can edit the GAME variable to be a space separated list of game binaries. "

Does this mean that wherever i see the CAPS i edit that variable?

I do not fully understand. This is in a new realm for me. I have copied your binary script exactly as my etsound file. But nothing has worked. I think you want me to do some things with the skeleton but I am not sure what to do after I copy it to my etsound. Can you show me an example of what u did. I am learning so much!!! Linux is great!

Thankyou

[banadushi]

Yea you can add another game binary into the GAME variable, so if you also had wolfenstein on the box and wanted it to work as well you would put:

GAMES = "et.x86 wolf.x86"

Technically its not a binary, just a script. So you have the file /etc/init.d/etsound? If so you need to make it executatble with:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/etsound

This will allow you to manually start it by calling it `/etc/init.d/etsound start`. If you want it to do it's thing automatically on boot then you need to link it into a runlevel. You can use update-rc.d to do this (see the man page), or just symlink it where you want it to startup. Mine is as such:

ln -s /etc/init.d/etsound /etc/rc2.d/S13etsound

I am assuming that also is still set at /etc/rc2.d/S12alsa, so it will only load after alsa has loaded.

Have fun

Jason