Re: 2.2.1 and /dev/sound

[Mirek Kwasniak <mirek@zind.ikem.pwr.wroc.pl>]

On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 10:36:10AM -0600, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> 
> I've finally convinced 2.2.1 to run X and my network.  I still haven't 
> figured out why kerneld doesn't start anymore and do this automatically.
> 
> But the sound doesn't work now.  the basic 
> 
>  cat /usr/lib/exmh/clink.au > /dev/audio
> yields
>  bash: /dev/audio: Operation not supported by device
> 
> As near as I can tell all the needed modules are loaded:
> eyryttyp0:hawk>lsmod 
> Module                  Size  Used by
> uart401                 5588   0 
> sound                  54456   0  (autoclean) [uart401]
> soundcore               2084   3  (autoclean) [sound]
> serial                 16840   1  (autoclean)
> ne                      5964   1 
> 8390                    5944   0  [ne]
> 
> It's a 16 bit soundblaster knockoff.  I must be missing something here. 
>  

I have in /etc/modutils.aliases for my vibra:

alias char-major-14 sb
alias synth0 opl3
options sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
options opl3 io=0x388

09:41:12 1:3'@mirek~$ echo aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa>/dev/sequencer
/dev/music: Obsolete (4 byte) API was used by bash
09:41:15 1:3'@mirek~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
opl3                   10264   0  (autoclean)
sb                     30852   0  (autoclean)
uart401                 5628   0  (autoclean) [sb]
sound                  55156   0  (autoclean) [opl3 sb uart401]
soundcore               2192   6  (autoclean) [sb sound]
tulip                  23388   1  (autoclean)
ipx                    12644   3  (autoclean)

Mirek