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Re: Need help playing mp3 files and /or configuring sound



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Sean wrote:
| I've attached two files which may shed some light when I try to play an
| amp3 file with mpg321.  No I don't know if my sound system even works.
| Discover detects the es1370 as my sound card and I've installed the os
| modules into the kernel using modconf.  When I used modconf to do this,
| I gave the os module no suplimental arguments.  I have libio and mpg321
| installed.  The error message you'll see from mpg321 asks if the device
| is in use?  When I tried to play the file, there was nothing using my
| sound card.
| See the attached files mpg.log, script output from running mpg321 and
| dmesg.log the dmesg output.  If don't know if it makes a difference,
| these files were created as my user not root.
| Sean

The first thing I normally do when testing my sound card is to issue a
'cat /etc/passwd > /dev/dsp'. If it tells me that I don't have the
necessary permissions (as it often will), I add my user account to the
'audio' group. Have you tried that yet?

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