Re: Staring Gnome ???
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, John Griffiths wrote: Well there is SOMETHING in /dev/called dsp... Can anyone shed some light on this? i believe the dsp is the digital sound processor Actually, DSP == Digital Signal Processor Think of it as a CPU with built in ADCs, DACs (analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters) and microcode to handle signal filtering and transformations digitally (as opposed to in the analog realm with resistors, capacitors and inductors). later, Bruce
Re: Staring Gnome ???
On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 07:56:45AM +1000, thus spake John Griffiths: At 10:52 AM 9/7/2000 +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: Greetings! I'm running Debian 2.2, kernel 2.2.17. And I can't start Gnome! I'm starting X from the command line (startx) and have tried exec gnome-session in my .xinitrc and even in an .Xsession file, but all I get in reposne is an X stuck at the corss-hatched screen and when I Ctrl-Alt-BckSpc a little message saying /dev/dsp no such device Well there is SOMETHING in /dev/called dsp... Can anyone shed some light on this? i believe the dsp is the digital sound processor can you log an as root? have you added your user to the audio group? Many thanks! The answer is yes to both! Adding to the audio group did the trick. TVM Glyn -- ** * The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. * * Douglas Hoftstatder* **
Staring Gnome ???
Greetings! I'm running Debian 2.2, kernel 2.2.17. And I can't start Gnome! I'm starting X from the command line (startx) and have tried exec gnome-session in my .xinitrc and even in an .Xsession file, but all I get in reposne is an X stuck at the corss-hatched screen and when I Ctrl-Alt-BckSpc a little message saying /dev/dsp no such device Well there is SOMETHING in /dev/called dsp... Can anyone shed some light on this? TIA Glyn M -- ** * The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. * * Douglas Hoftstatder* **
Re: Staring Gnome ???
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 10:52:31AM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: Greetings! I'm running Debian 2.2, kernel 2.2.17. And I can't start Gnome! I'm starting X from the command line (startx) and have tried exec gnome-session in my .xinitrc and even in an .Xsession file, but all I get in reposne is an X stuck at the corss-hatched screen and when I Ctrl-Alt-BckSpc a little message saying /dev/dsp no such device That is the audio device. Do this: cd /dev ./MAKEDEV dsp and it should create the device; also add yourself to the audio group. In the meantime, if the device is not configured, doesn't matters, but gnome should start then. Bye Well there is SOMETHING in /dev/called dsp... Can anyone shed some light on this? TIA Glyn M -- ** * The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. * * Douglas Hoftstatder* ** -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Juli-Manel Merino Vidal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://jmmv.cjb.net
Re: Staring Gnome ???
At 10:52 AM 9/7/2000 +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: Greetings! I'm running Debian 2.2, kernel 2.2.17. And I can't start Gnome! I'm starting X from the command line (startx) and have tried exec gnome-session in my .xinitrc and even in an .Xsession file, but all I get in reposne is an X stuck at the corss-hatched screen and when I Ctrl-Alt-BckSpc a little message saying /dev/dsp no such device Well there is SOMETHING in /dev/called dsp... Can anyone shed some light on this? i believe the dsp is the digital sound processor can you log an as root? have you added your user to the audio group? WARNING - This email is confidential and may contain copyright material. If you are not the intended recipient of Capital Monitor's original e-mail, please notify me by return e-mail, delete your copy of the message, and accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Republication or re-dissemination, including posting to news groups or web pages, is strictly prohibited without the express prior consent of Capital Monitor Pty Ltd. John Griffiths Tel 02 6273 4899 Capital Monitor Pty Ltd Fax 02 6273 4905 Press Gallery Mobile: 0412 690 643 Parliament Housee-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canberra ACT 2600 http://www.capmon.com Australia ICQ No: 7933859
