Re: creating /dev/dsp in a standard way

2012-05-17 Thread Dan Hitt
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: > ok, so i was much too quick on the draw in posting this problem. > > There's a sound faq for debian >   http://wiki.debian.org/SoundFAQ > which advises installing the package oss_compat. > > I did >   sudo apt-get install oss_compat Ack!!! that

Re: creating /dev/dsp in a standard way

2012-05-17 Thread Dan Hitt
ok, so i was much too quick on the draw in posting this problem. There's a sound faq for debian http://wiki.debian.org/SoundFAQ which advises installing the package oss_compat. I did sudo apt-get install oss_compat and it created /dev/dsp, and snd and gnusound now make a sound. Sorry for t