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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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
