Re: What's /dev/dsp device?

To: Art Lemasters <alemas@ipa.net>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: What's /dev/dsp device?
From: AJT60@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 18:31:22 +1200
Message-id: <[🔎] Pine.PMDF.3.95.980328182949.830486103A-100000@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] m0yIo1n-000cF2C@alemas.ipa.net>

On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Art Lemasters wrote:

>      When I accessed a particular www server with Netscape, it
> tried to open /dev/dsp (unsuccessfully).  What's /dev/dsp?
> Thanks.
> 
> Art

I believe it's a sound device (like /dev/audio). The server must have been
trying to play you a sound file. If you don't have sound enabled in your
kernel, it won't work, obviously ;-]

Andrew

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