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James Wonnacott wrote: > Robin Cornelius wrote: > >> If you do have a /dev/dsp what does "cat somewavefile.wav > /dev/dsp" >> do (in fact you can use any file it just makes a horrible noise". > > j1@j1-laptop:~$ cat /usr/share/sounds > /dev/dsp > bash: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy > > I wonder what's keeping it busy? > artsd kde's sound server I bet, it hogs the /dev/dsp device as it expects other apps to talk through it. I think you are using the OSS driver and alsa is not even doing anything here. Alsa is better behaved than that (and dosn't present a /dev/dsp by default,unless you have the alsa-oss emulation layer which simulates a OSS device using an asla driver). Just for a laugh, (i think you use kde?) in the kde -> control center -> sound & multimedia -> sound system. try selecting alsa and oss and trying a sound test see if either works. -- Robin Cornelius http://www.byteme.org.uk
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