Re: [newbie] Sound Card and UMP (plus timidity) plug-in for Netscape
Thanks for your suggestion. I finally got things set up so that the timidity directory is in the right place, now I get a box labelled: Netscape:subprocess diagnostics (stdout/stderr) Couldn't open Linux dsp device Couldn't open Linux dsp device Couldn't open Linux dsp device What do I do now? Ken Wilson wrote: If you want the TIMID-DIR environment variable to be available to all users on your system, put these lines in /etc/profile TIMID-DIR=/usr/lib/netscape/usr/local/lib/timidity export TIMID-DIR If just you or a few users need it, put the same lines in everyone's .bash_profile file in their home directories instead of in /etc/profile. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Murray Strome Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 9:30 PM To: LINUX Newbie; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sound Card and UMP (plus timidity) plug-in for Netscape snip Actually (and I don't really know how it got there), it is in /usr/lib/netscape/usr/local/lib/timidity The instructions then say to set the TIMID-DIR environment variable to the name of the alternative directory. I am not very familiar with bash (which is my shell) -- sort of the default for Mandrake, and I cannot figure out how to do this. -- Murray and Diane Strome 1275 Burnside Road West VICTORIA BC V8Z 1P3 Canada Phone: (250) 479-6448 Fax: (250) 727-3427
Re: [newbie] Sound Card and UMP (plus timidity) plug-in for Netscape
lsof /dev/dsp gives: bash: lsof: command not found ls -l /dev/dsp gives: crw--- 1 murray root 14, 3 May 5 1998 /dev/dsp Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Murray Strome wrote: Thanks for your suggestion. I finally got things set up so that the timidity directory is in the right place, now I get a box labelled: Netscape:subprocess diagnostics (stdout/stderr) Couldn't open Linux dsp device Couldn't open Linux dsp device Couldn't open Linux dsp device What do I do now? lsof /dev/dsp, and see whats already useing the device. ls -l /dev/dsp, verify you have write,read permissions.
[newbie] Sound Card and UMP (plus timidity) plug-in for Netscape
After serveral postings, I really did not get any help on setting up my Acer FX-3D sound card (AD 1816 based). However, I downloaded and installed the drivers from Open Sound and at least the KDE CD Player works, so I guess I now have sound. I went to a site (www.bluemountain.com) which has music (in Windows usually played by Crescendo). However, there is a plugin called UMP for LINUX. I followed the instructions and downloaded and installed it, as well as something called timidity. However, when I try the bluemountain website, I get a message in Netscape saying "timidity.cfg" no file or directory. Now, in the instructions for UMP, it says this may happen if timidity.cfg is not in the expected directory: /usr/local/lib/timidity Actually (and I don't really know how it got there), it is in /usr/lib/netscape/usr/local/lib/timidity The instructions then say to set the TIMID-DIR environment variable to the name of the alternative directory. I am not very familiar with bash (which is my shell) -- sort of the default for Mandrake, and I cannot figure out how to do this. Can anyone help me? Thanks. Murray Strome -- Murray and Diane Strome 1275 Burnside Road West VICTORIA BC V8Z 1P3 Canada Phone: (250) 479-6448 Fax: (250) 727-3427
