Re: sound in X and other X questions


Subject: Re: sound in X and other X questions
From: FeLoNiouS MoNK (codered@gci.net)
Date: Fri Aug 09 2002 - 07:59:19 AKDT


sounds good but i just noticed that my gaim applet plays the sound when
people sign on and off ... so im assuming somthing is halfway right .. but
get this.. when i do ./MAKEDEV snd0 .. it acts as if its workin fine but
then when i check /dev .. the snd0 is not there?!?!? .. and i dont know
whats the deal .. anyone have a clue?

----- Original Message -----
From: <bryan@ak.net>
To: <aklug@aklug.org>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 12:31 AM
Subject: Re: sound in X and other X questions

>
> On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 04:27:00PM -0800, FeLoNiouS MoNK <codered@gci.net>
wrote:
> > hey all .. i just rebuilt my custom fBSD kernel this time and i
> > added sound *yippee* ... it worked cause in shell i can play cd's
> > .. but in X .. im trying to get XMMS workin and it just wont work
> > .. it says couldnt open audio
>
> If you have an audio cable connecting your CDROM drive to your
> sound card, you can play CDs without your sound drivers being
> configured properly. In fact, the sound doesn't even go through
> the CPU.
>
> I nothing about FreeBSD, but check your sound drivers to make
> sure they are working. If you're suspicious of X apps (though
> that shouldn't matter), use command line programs to test the
> sound. In Linux, I would 'cat somefile >/dev/audio' just to
> see if I get any output.
>
> --
> Bryan Medsker
> bryan@ak.net
>
>
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