Re: Sound (ES1371), Power down, --MARK--
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:04:40 +0100, Marvin Massih wrote:
>Hi!
>
>My computer has sound chip on board, which is identified as "Ensoniq ES1371" by both Windows Me and Debian Woody.
>Under Windows and under Mandrake 8.0 (as well as RedHat 7.0) everything worked perfectly.
>Here are soe detils:
>
>The sound driver (ES1371) is installed into the kernel (now 4.2.17).
>OSS configured as a module (only OSS itself, no additional drivers).
>ALSA is installed.
>
>The files /dev/dsp and /dev/audio exist.
>
>"cat some_sound_file > /dev/dsp", resp.
>"cat other_sound_file > /dev/audio"
>
>doesn't create a sound, just the cursor (on the console as root) moves one line further. Without Ctrl+C the prompt does not appear again. The program just does nothing.
> [major excision here]
The only thing I bring to the party is that /dev requires root privilege
to access directly, i.e., by redirection or pipe. Use your apps to do
the dirty work.
gt
Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
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