Re: Troubleshooting sound on an es1371
It's not an xmms problem.
I have two files to try, a .raw and a .au
Catting those to /dev/dsp just hangs there, no sound and I have to
CTRL-C out of it.
-D
On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 12:24, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> Didier Malenfant wrote:
> >
> > I just did that to be sure and it still does the same thing.
> >
> > Is there any basic thing I can do to test the sound without using XMMS?
> > that would enable me to make sure it's not just an XMMS problem.
> >
> > -D
> >
> > On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 06:28, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> > > Didier Malenfant wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 23:16, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it possible that you haven't created your audio devices? Example:
> > > > >
> > > > > # cd /dev
> > > > > # ./MAKEDEV audio
> > > > >
> > > > > other than that you should be fine...
> > > > >
> > > > > Cameron Matheson
> > > >
> > > > Nope, audio seems like it's there ok:
> > > >
> > > > dids@blue:~$ ls -l /dev/audio
> > > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Nov 30 2000 /dev/audio
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 19:11, Christian Eyre wrote:
> > > > > For starters, maybe try to run xmms in root to see if the problem
> > > > stops. If it does, then its a permissions problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > eg if,
> > > > > "ls -al /dev/dsp
> > > > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Jun 24 2001 /dev/dsp"
> > > > > then,
> > > > > "usermod -G audio username"
> > > >
> > > > That's the first problem I had, xmms wouldn't even run because it
> > > > couldn't open /dev/dsp
> > > >
> > > > The problem I'm describing here is after adding my username to the audio
> > > > group.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 04:27, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> > > > > What command did you use to determine that sndstat was empty ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Cordially,
> > > > >
> > > > > Courtney
> > > >
> > > > I did 'cat /dev/sndstat' is there anything else I should do instead?
> > > >
> > > > Like this:
> > > >
> > > > dids@blue:~$ cat /dev/sndstat
> > > > OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130
> > > > Load type: Driver loaded as a module
> > > > Kernel: Linux blue 2.2.18pre21 #1 Sat Nov 18 18:47:15 EST 2000 i686
> > > > Config options: 0
> > > >
> > > > Installed drivers:
> > > >
> > > > Card config:
> > > >
> > > > Audio devices:
> > > >
> > > > Synth devices:
> > > >
> > > > Midi devices:
> > > >
> > > > Timers:
> > > > 0: System clock
> > > >
> > > > Mixers:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the help,
> > > > -D
> > >
> > > My card works OK and I get nothing when I cat /dev/sndstat, but I'm
> > > running 2.4.6, if that's the difference.
> > >
> > > I had your problem until I ran XMMS under root, so permissions was my
> > > problem.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your reply,
> > >
> > > Courtney
>
> Yes.
>
> cat a_sound_file >/dev/dsp
>
> Get a_sound_file from mp3.com if you have none.
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