From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 26 19:45:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [36.33.0.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71AC7150C0 for ; Wed, 26 May 1999 19:45:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu) Received: from localhost (andrsn@localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id TAA16089; Wed, 26 May 1999 19:33:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 19:33:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson To: User CsingerChris Singer Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why won't my sound work. In-Reply-To: <374C9396.9E6A0B63@workfire.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG See man pcm. This explains what you need, and possibly also why, but most of all, it gives precise steps on how to make these devices and link them properly so they will work. Annelise On Wed, 26 May 1999, User CsingerChris Singer wrote: > I am having trouble getting the audio software that I installed > working. Whenever I try to run a program like "mpg123 or mixer" I get > an arror like this: mixer: /dev/mixer: No such file or directory > or Could not open /dev/dsp. Could you explain to me what is > happening and what I have to do to fix it. Why do I need these devices > and where can I get them, and most importantly why do I need them? > Thank you for your help. > > Chris Singer > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message