Re: sound

[Bob Koss <koss@objectmentor.com>]

That did it - - thanks!!


>>>>> "Kamil" == Kamil Kisiel <KamilKisiel@speechlessarts.com> writes:

    Kamil> I had the same problem and so I set these permissions as
    Kamil> per the XMMS FAQ (www.xmms.org)

    Kamil> $ ls -l /dev/dsp /dev/mixer crw--w--w- 1 root audio 14, 3
    Kamil> Apr 4 16:46 /dev/dsp crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 0 Apr 4
    Kamil> 16:46 /dev/mixer

    Kamil> That solved my audio problems. Hopefully it will solve
    Kamil> yours.

    Kamil> On August 16, 2001 04:24 pm, Bob Koss wrote:
    >> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Heldebrant <hmike@portalofevil.com>
    >> writes:
    >> 
    Michael> On 16 Aug 2001 15:19:55 -0400, Bob Koss wrote:
    >> >> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Heldebrant
    >> <hmike@portalofevil.com> >> >> writes:
    >> 
    Michael> Try logging out and logging back in.
    >>  >> Didn't work. But while I was at the non-X bash prompt, I
    >> tried >> firing up mpg123 and that gave a better error
    >> message. The >> problem is /dev/dsp.  >> >> >> rskoss is in
    >> group audio and /dev/dsp has rw set for group >> audio.
    >> 
    Michael> Hmmmm.  What does /proc/modules show?  Does /dev/sndstat
    Michael> or /proc/sound give any usefull info?  What type of
    Michael> soundcard do you have?  Is an esd process running at the
    Michael> moment which will have grabbed the soundcard?
    >>  rskoss@bear:~$ cat /proc/modules 3c59x 25760 1 sb 7392 1
    >> sb_lib 34544 0 [sb] uart401 6416 0 [sb_lib] sound 58576 1
    >> [sb_lib uart401] rskoss@bear:~$
    >> 
    >> 
    >> Neither /dev/sndstat nor /proc/sound are present on my system.

    Kamil> -- Kamil Kisiel www.speechlessarts.com


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