Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 04:27:06 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Live! or PCI512 help Message-ID: <20020209032706.GA6163@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <E16Z5j8-0006V8-00@scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net> References: <E16Z0Ke-0007iE-00@hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net> <20020208061835.GA7901@raggedclown.net> <E16Z5j8-0006V8-00@scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
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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... -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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