On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, U of S wrote:
> I used the new (to "Hail") soundcard setup tool. It was the first time I had ever
>heard anything other
> than hissing out of my speakers in Linux. I heard the midi and the voice perfect,
>but...
>
> When I exited the tool, and fired up xmms, and then tried to play an audio file, I
>got an error saying that
> it did not like my soundcard, (or it could not detect the soundcard). It is a cheap
>isa sound card, should
> I ditch it for a cheap sb16 isa, or is there a little trick that I am missing.
>
Chances are that the permissions are wrong on /dev/dsp.
Here's a simple test:
Log in as root and type:
echo 1 > /dev/dsp
...you should not have any error messages
If you hear a faint tick come out of the speakers, things are good [you
may need to turn up the volume a ways].
Then try it as a normal user. If it fails, then permissions are
wrong. Hunt down the permissions on the symlink that /dev/dsp points to
and chmod them appropriately.
--
Paul Gray
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dept. of Mathematics
University of Northern Iowa
Wright Hall
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0506
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