Re: Sound on iMac (/dev/dsp not found)

2006-05-01 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 21:09 +0100, Jon Linnell wrote: > Whenever I try to do anything involving sound (CD playing, Movies > etc.) a dialogue box comes up saying something like 'Device /dev/dsp > not found'. > any ideas? What model ? Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Sound on iMac (/dev/dsp not found)

2006-04-28 Thread ruben
At Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:09:42 +0100, Jon Linnell wrote: > > Whenever I try to do anything involving sound (CD playing, Movies > etc.) a dialogue box comes up saying something like 'Device /dev/dsp > not found'. any ideas? You are using alsa, but do not have oss emulation ? ('device /dev/dsp not

Sound on iMac (/dev/dsp not found)

2006-04-28 Thread Jon Linnell
Whenever I try to do anything involving sound (CD playing, Movies etc.) a dialogue box comes up saying something like 'Device /dev/dsp not found'. any ideas? Kobakira -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound on iMac G5 (8,1)

2006-01-09 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 11:01 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Dear all, > > I tried a self-compiled 2.6.15-1 debian kernel which I patched to enable > sound support: > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/linuxppc64/patch?id=3924 > > When I try to load the snd_powermac module (which crashes the machine on

Sound on iMac G5 (8,1)

2006-01-09 Thread Charles Plessy
Dear all, I tried a self-compiled 2.6.15-1 debian kernel which I patched to enable sound support: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/linuxppc64/patch?id=3924 When I try to load the snd_powermac module (which crashes the machine on non-patched kernels), I encounter the following error: sorbet:~# modpr

Re: Howto: Enable Gnome Sound on iMac?

2004-09-01 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 16:58, Ed Sutherland wrote: > How do I enable Gnome sound so I can play audio CDs and MP3 files on my > iMac? I've enabled the sound server on startup item from the "Sound" > preference menu item, but Gnome says /dev/dsp doesn't exist. What is my > next step? Thanks.

Howto: Enable Gnome Sound on iMac?

2004-08-31 Thread Ed Sutherland
How do I enable Gnome sound so I can play audio CDs and MP3 files on my iMac? I've enabled the sound server on startup item from the "Sound" preference menu item, but Gnome says /dev/dsp doesn't exist. What is my next step? Thanks. Ed

Problem width sound on iMac

2004-02-04 Thread Daniel Alonso
Hi! I had the chance to install a debian on an iMac (550 Mhz Dvd), and everything works fine but the sound. in console i heard the system beep, the xmms is capable to play a mp3, but i have no control over the volume. but the artsd does not init. instead it displays an error message. " Error

Re: faulty sound on imac

2001-08-09 Thread Jonathan Riddell
> Any better like that ? (Should be better in fact ;) Hmm no, still doesn't work. Thanks very much for trying. Maybe if you've had better luck you could put the kernel and modules somewhere that i can get it. Jonathan Riddell

Re: faulty sound on imac

2001-08-09 Thread Bastien Nocera
Any better like that ? (Should be better in fact ;) Bastien Nocera wrote: Bastien Nocera wrote: This bug is already worked-around for the Pismo. As I have the hardware, I'll try to look at it soon, and submit the fix to BenH and on linuxppc-dev. In the end, this is definitely a kernel prob

Re: faulty sound on imac

2001-08-09 Thread Jonathan Riddell
> Bastien Nocera wrote: > > > This bug is already worked-around for the Pismo. As I have the hardware, > > I'll try to look at it soon, and submit the fix to BenH and on > > linuxppc-dev. In the end, this is definitely a kernel problem. > > You might want to try this out (not tested at all): > ar

Re: faulty sound on imac

2001-08-09 Thread Bastien Nocera
Bastien Nocera wrote: This bug is already worked-around for the Pismo. As I have the hardware, I'll try to look at it soon, and submit the fix to BenH and on linuxppc-dev. In the end, this is definitely a kernel problem. You might want to try this out (not tested at all): around line 2543 of

Re: faulty sound on imac

2001-08-09 Thread Bastien Nocera
Hi, Jonathan Riddell wrote: I was wondering if any progress had been made regarding this bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=88691 Although the bug report is about splay it appears to be more fundamental and affects anything going through /dev/dsp, which includes CDs (with xm

faulty sound on imac

2001-08-09 Thread Jonathan Riddell
I was wondering if any progress had been made regarding this bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=88691 Although the bug report is about splay it appears to be more fundamental and affects anything going through /dev/dsp, which includes CDs (with xmms-cd-read) and .wav files. It

Re: sound on iMac

2001-02-28 Thread Nic Ferrier
>>> Jonathan Riddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 27-Feb-01 9:59:28 PM >>> >If I do insmod dmasound, that lets me do stuff >like cat english.au > /dev/audio >but I can't play CDs for example. Nathan Abramson contacted me after my reply to say that xmms can be made to play CDs on cdda machines. I tried

Re: sound on iMac

2001-02-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 08:40:21AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > The reason you can't play audio CDs is probably because you're using > > CD player software that doesn't handle the iMac's digital audio system. > > Beautiful name for the fact that the CD drive isn't connected to audio out via > a

Re: sound on iMac

2001-02-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
Nic Ferrier wrote: > > >>> Jonathan Riddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 27-Feb-01 9:59:28 PM >>> > > >If I do insmod dmasound, that lets me do stuff like > >cat english.au > /dev/audio > >but I can't play CDs for example. > > The reason you can't play audio CDs is probably because you're using > CD play

Re: sound on iMac

2001-02-27 Thread Nelson Abramson
On Tuesday 27 February 2001 19:31, Nic Ferrier wrote: > The reason you can't play audio CDs is probably because you're using > CD player software that doesn't handle the iMac's digital audio > system. XMMS, thanks to the help of several individuals whos' names escape me right now, has a working

Re: sound on iMac

2001-02-27 Thread Nic Ferrier
>>> Jonathan Riddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 27-Feb-01 9:59:28 PM >>> >If I do insmod dmasound, that lets me do stuff like >cat english.au > /dev/audio >but I can't play CDs for example. The reason you can't play audio CDs is probably because you're using CD player software that doesn't handle the

sound on iMac

2001-02-27 Thread Jonathan Riddell
I've installed Debian on my new (but not high range) iMac, and even got KDE 2.1 up and running but I have very little idea about how to get sound working. If I do insmod dmasound, that lets me do stuff like cat english.au > /dev/audio but I can't play CDs for example. What's the best way to go a