Sound card problem - help required

[btt@vsnl.net]

Hello,

I got this email id when I was searching for Sound Card Problems on www.google.com I am having problems in playing sound files in LINUX. I have described the problem that I am facing in the "Problem Faced" section below. If you know the solution please forward me the same as soon as possible. Thanks in advance for any help provided.

Problem Faced:

When I try to play a sound file eg. phone.wav using play command I get the output ?sox: Can't create output file '/dev/dsp': No such device?

In the '/dev' directory when I give 'ls /dev/dsp' or 'ls /dev/audio' command I get proper output.

When I give the command 'cat /dev/sndstat' I get the output 'No such device'.

After this I used the MAKEDEV utility with sound parameter eg. './MAKEDEV sound' which gives me the following output 'error: /etc/makedev.d is not a directory'.

When I say 'cat /proc/devices' I get proper output and in Character Devices, 14 is sound.

When I give the 'lsmod' command nothing is displayed.

All I am trying to achive is that when I give the command 'cat <filename> > /dev/audio' or 'play <filename>' I want the sound to be played properly. 

It?s been quite some time since I am struggling with this problem. I would be very glad if someone can help me out with this. Thanks in advance once again for any solutions given.

If there is any other information you require about my system please write back to me and I will send the same.

--Sunil


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