On 21-Jul-02, Jayson Wallace wrote: > cat caruso.au > /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p > cat: write error: File descriptor in bad state
Not sure about this one... although I'm sure someone has asked about it before. A search for "file descriptor in bad state" in the archives might well get something useful. :/ What happens if you just use "aplay" from the alsa-utils ditribution? (You have installed alsa-lib and -utils, right? They won't affect this exact problem, but they're very handy for everything else...) > cat caruso.au > /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c > cat: write error: Invalid argument pcmC0D0c is a capture device, so writing to it isn't terribly useful, I imagine - hence the error. > Another question I have is about KDE. When it starts up it look for a > device called /dev/dsp for the sound stuff. Do I need to create a link > in to /dev/snd or is there a config file where I can tell it to look > for /dev/snd instead? First off, try running the "snddevices" script from the alsa-driver package. After that, you'll probably have permissions problems with the /dev/snd devices, since they're really just pointers to /proc/asound/dev (which can't be chmod'ed). Your best plan for that is to create a "sound" group, make yourself a member, and add "options snd snd_device_gid=..." using the GID of your new group to /etc/modules.conf. -- Adam Jones ([EMAIL PROTECTED])(http://www.yggdrasl.demon.co.uk/) .oO("But any idiot would know that." ) PGP public key: http://www.yggdrasl.demon.co.uk/pubkey.asc ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
