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
