[plug] RE: Sound Card

[Sacha Schlegel]

Hi Clinton

Check for the permissions on /dev/dsp

try as root:

chmod o+x /dev/dsp

if that is working you should find out what to proper permissions are.

There are also like /dev/mixer and /dev/midi0 etc.

Good Luck.
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 15:53:00 Clinton Butler wrote:
> > 1) Patience is a virtue. The people here are infact providing a service 
for
> > free, and usually outside of business hours. Life demands that we balance
> > work, rest, play and family or we lose one of the above.
> 
> sorry
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> >
> >
> > 2) Please trim the signature :-) CodeRed is taking enough bandwidth as it
> > is...
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> done. got a new one. tell me if it's too big... but.. it's only like.. ascii
> characters... shouldn't bother bandwidth.. it's like one byte per character.
> :o/
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> > OK On to the problem at hand.
> >
> > The main tool to test sound is 'saytime'. It sends the time in audio 
direct
> > to /dev/dsp. No mixers or other stuff to get in the way. If that works
> > properly then 'your sound card works perfectly' as a device, the software
> > may have problems. If it skips, then there could possibly be an IRQ
> > conflict.
> 
> 'opening: /dev/audio: no such device'
> 
> > Once you know where you stand there, e-mail the list back with a more
> > utiltitarian message.
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