On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 05:52:09AM -0500, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
> Seneca wrote:
> >"cat foo > /dev/dsp", however I can't promise that it'll sound good ;-)
> >
> >You should add yourself to the audio group, download some proper audio
> >players, and try playing something.  If by "supported by default" you
> >mean that it is compiled directly into the kernel, and is not a module,
> >then you don't have to load it separately.  Otherwise, just do a quick
> >"modprobe emu10k1" before trying to play anything.
> >
> 
> It exists, but it doesn't exist? Also, how do I add myself to the audio 
> groop? And yes, it's compiled directly into the kernel.

"adduser foo audio", where foo is your username.  You might want to take
a look at the adduser manpage.

> ----------
> # cat di604_firmware_218.zip > /dev/dsp
> bash: /dev/dsp: No such device

Were you doing that as root or as an ordinary user?  If you are doing
something as an ordinary user, use "$" for the prompt instead of "#".

> # ls -l /dev/dsp
> crw-rw----    1 root     audio     14,   3 Mar 14  2002 /dev/dsp
> #

Those permissions look good

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