On 16 Aug 2001 19:24:21 -0400, Bob Koss wrote: > >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Michael> On 16 Aug 2001 15:19:55 -0400, Bob Koss wrote: > >> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> writes: > >> > >> > Michael> Try logging out and logging back in. > >> Didn't work. But while I was at the non-X bash prompt, I tried > >> firing up mpg123 and that gave a better error message. The > >> problem is /dev/dsp. > >> > >> > >> rskoss is in group audio and /dev/dsp has rw set for group > >> audio. > > Michael> Hmmmm. What does /proc/modules show? Does /dev/sndstat > Michael> or /proc/sound give any usefull info? What type of > Michael> soundcard do you have? Is an esd process running at the > Michael> moment which will have grabbed the soundcard? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/modules > 3c59x 25760 1 > sb 7392 1 > sb_lib 34544 0 [sb] > uart401 6416 0 [sb_lib] > sound 58576 1 [sb_lib uart401] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > Neither /dev/sndstat nor /proc/sound are present on my system. >
Well, I'm almost at the end of what I know how to fix. The last thing would be that /dev/dsp is not a character device. ls -al should be 14, 3 char for /dev/dsp. After that I think it must be a soundcard issue. Is this an sb live or something? --mike