Re: Sound on ThinkPad 390
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:25:26 -0400, Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks to all who helped me get my destop box playing midi and
> converting it to wav. Now I have a new problem.
>
> Well, its pretty much the same problem, just on the laptop.
>
> I have installed snd, sox, and timidity on the laptop, which is an IBM
> ThinkPad 390, running Woody.
>
> When I try to play a wav with 'play sndfile' I get an error saying
> something to the effect of:
>
> Can not open /dev/dsp no such device.
>
> Well, /dev/dsp does exist with rw permissions for root, as owner, and
> audio, as group. I am in the audio group.
>
> I am guessing that this is a question of not having the correct modules
> loaded, especially since I see nothing in /etc/modules that looks like
> it would pertain to sound. Does anyone know what modules I would need
> on this machine. Or can someone tell me how to determine which modules
> I need.
>
Try to look here http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html
Seems you need the opl3 module, but i've only given a glance... =)
Andrea
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