* From: deloptes delop...@gmail.com
* Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 23:24:25 +0100
> I am not 100% sure but I think you need
> alsa-oss - ALSA wrapper for OSS applications
> to be able to use dsp.
root@dalton:/home/peter# dpkg -l | grep alsa-oss
ii alsa-oss 1.0.28-1 i386 ALSA wrapper for OSS applications
root@dalton:/home/peter# lsmod | grep oss
[nothing]
* From: Michael Lange klappn...@freenet.de
* Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 11:12:38 +0100
> probably the snd-pcm-oss driver is not loaded and thus /dev/dsp does not
> exist.
root@dalton:/home/peter# modprobe snd-pcm-oss
root@dalton:/home/peter# lsmod | grep oss
snd_pcm_oss 45056 0
snd_mixer_oss 24576 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 86016 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_usb_audio
snd 57344 17 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_mixer_oss,snd_usb_aud
io,snd_timer,snd_rawmidi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm
[Better; but shouldn't modules load automatically?]
root@dalton:/home/peter# grep audio /etc/group
audio:x:29:peter,pulse
root@dalton:/home/peter# exit
peter@dalton:~$ cat /usr/share/sounds/ekiga/ring.wav > /dev/dsp
[Horrible screeching noise. (Easrphones burned out? Maintainer laughing?)]
peter@dalton:~$ mplayer /usr/share/sounds/ekiga/ring.wav
[Telephone bell ring.]
??
Thanks, ... Peter E.
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