Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 02:14:28 -0600 From: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Live! or PCI512 help Message-ID: <E16Zp7z-0006Im-00@falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20020209032706.GA6163@raggedclown.net> References: <E16Z0Ke-0007iE-00@hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net> <E16Z5j8-0006V8-00@scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <20020209032706.GA6163@raggedclown.net>
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On Friday 08 February 2002 09:27 pm, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 01:45:36AM -0600, Bob Giesen wrote: > > On Friday 08 February 2002 12:18 am, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 08:00:02PM -0600, Bob Giesen wrote: > > > > I have a SoundBlaster PCI512 -- which, I've read, is > > > > essentially the same as a Live! card. I can't get mine to > > > > make a sound in FBSD. (Sings like a canary in m$, so I know > > > > it works...) If you're > > > > > > <snip> .. all the /dev stuff looks just fine > > > > > > > Curiously, I just tried a different command (about which > > > > I know very little, so I might have used it wrong) and got an > > > > odd error: > > > > > > > > # play /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/sounds/info.wav > > > > sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': Device busy > > > > > > Try running the "play" command again *without* X running. > > > It will fail with the error message you mentioned if your > > > WM has grabbed /dev/dsp (for example artsd does with kde). > > > > Quitting X did, indeed, take care of the error message. I > > tried "play" with several wav files and got no error messages -- > > or any other output (visual or audible), for that matter. After > > typing the command and pressing [Enter}, there was a brief delay > > (~1-2 seconds) before I got my prompt back. Presumably, "play" > > chewed on the files in the interim, but all's still quiet... > > Mmm. I have done some more experiements, since installing > 4.5-RELEASE I have not used sound much. It sems to work sometimes, > and sometimes not. One strange thing is that startup sound from KDE > is not heard until you alt/F into another console and then it > plays it ! > > Does seem to be something wrong with the driver... Well, I figured I ought to give the KDE experiment a try, too -- but no dice. I tried all my vty's and didn't hear anything. I've been playing around with different wm's and haven't been able to make a peep with xmms and e-sound. -- "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day -- give a fish a man and he'll eat for a month." -- (author unknown) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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