SLvoice keeps disconnecting.

I got latest Second life all set up with sound and media working but voice chat keeps disconnecting every 5 seconds...anybody else had this problem?


SL 1.20.15 and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS 32bit

I have this problem with any USB headset.

64 bit, and doesn't connect at all..

Same here. 64 bit and it's choking. I have the log in a seperate window and I keep seeing it choke on not having the right audio frequency.

Paging Tofu...

Are you using esound or pulse? Don't. Use ALSA directly.

and how do we do that? my mic is USB and uses OSS..

If it uses OSS, ALSA should be handling it, unless esound or pulse is running. What headset adapter are you using? I know emu10k1-based devices are known to be problematic on voice, but I hadn't heard of this problem with a USB headset yet.

USB headsets do seem the most reliable for SLVoice in my experience, but I have seen this problem with one USB headset so they are not immune.
Many Linux voice SDK changes are in the development tree, though they are dependant on some other work (major API changes) so ETA is uncertain.

yes.. well, I have esound set, gstreamer installed and voice still doesn't connect

Which USB mic are you using? I have two Logitech headset/mic combos and both fail.

Hey Tofu, which one are you using?

Microsoft fx 5200 webcam+mic (number might be wrong)

Is there a jira for this? I’ve gotten a number of complaints from people with the same issue over the past few weeks and not just from Linux clients. really would like to see this one [RESOLVED]

Personally I mostly use a USB Plantronics DSP400 on recommendation of a friend - it's worked on the four systems I've ever plugged it into. (YMMV, this is not an endorsement, etc etc.)

I tried 2 different mics that are USB I WOULD try my laptop's, but intel 945 chipset in it = not able to connect to SL

Hopefully all Linux systems. I have two Logitech headsets, one a 250 and another a Clearchat. Both have the same problems I'm facing -- I'm going to assume they're using the same chipset for the USB sound. Just ordered the Plantronics, so Monday I'll find out how good they are.

I ordered the same usbheadset as Tofu Linden has, Plantronics DSP-400 and its not working on ubuntu 8.04.1. I have installed alsa and uninstalled pulseaudio. Installed esd too and got the voice to work but then my fps was practicaly 0. So now i am reverting back to an older system before the time of the pulseaudio bullshit. ubuntu 7.10.

I would be interrested to know how you Tofu Linden got it all to work with plantronics dsp-400. Can you explain in detail somewhere?

I have now tested it on both ubuntu 7.10 and 7.04 and its not working. So... what todo? would be great if Tofu Linden could do a howto about linux, voice and dsp-400

I have a jira open on 64-bit audio/voice issues: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-8054

The more people vote for it, the higher up on the food chain it goes.

FYI - I didn't have to do anything to make the headset work on my systems, I plugged it in and it was then available from SL's voice config dialog. Sad that this is mysteriously hard on other machines (even with the same OS).

Well .. if you'd only need to plug it in and out to have it work and discovered your speakersystem and mic is irrelevant to voice-workings, could you please be so kind to provide us :

* which soundcard you are using ?
* which soundservers are needed and you have running and with what options ?
* which content you have in sound-configuration files (asoundrc , asound.conf, openalrc) ?
* which solution you have to keep voice from irregularly wrongly reconnecting voice-sessions after connecting properly ?
* any information that might actually help instead of raising more questions ?

It doesn't need to be a howto, just provide information that generally unlocks this feature for general linux users, instead of holding back essentials that could actually help us.

I just don't get it ... on one side this company hands out Hippo-awards .. on the other it's completely arrogant towards open-source, it's users and leaves them contemptously in the dark.

I agree. WiLLuMPJuH.

I am actually thinking about leaving sl becouse of ll lack of linux support. I mean i am afterall paying for it.

The problems seem to be that voice needs one audio server and and the other sounds in sl needs another audio server. they cant be played from the same server.

So.. is esd the only option to get it work simultanisly? becouse esd screw up my system...

I dont know what to do. i guess when it comes down to it.. i probably have to leave.

You could remain stubborn as i am, realising voice is not essential to the SL experience and be apathic to the reluctancy of Lindenlab to make a step forward and make SL as enjoyable to linux-user at the same level users of other OS's can ..

We just cannot have it all...

No. The omvviewer 1.21 doesn't need esd or pulse. The apt-get a secondlife thread tells you where the repo is and how to install it with ubuntu.

Oh, is it more stable then esd too?

I tried to install it but i get an error message about libllmozlib2. I have written about the problem in the thread you talked about.

ok, I have mine "working" under xubuntu 8.04.1, it shows up, Voice connects and disconnects at random, my microphone shows up, but SL does not take input from it. *shrugs* using both stable and RC2, same result.