Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 19:23:11 -0500 From: T Kellers <kellers@njit.edu> To: Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Eric F Crist <ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> Subject: Re: Confused about sound servers Message-ID: <200401021923.12913.kellers@njit.edu> In-Reply-To: <3FF60391.1090803@fastmail.fm> References: <3FF5CB40.5020603@fastmail.fm> <3FF60391.1090803@fastmail.fm>
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On Friday 02 January 2004 06:49 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: > Eric F Crist wrote: > >On Friday 02 January 2004 02:06 pm, T Kellers wrote: > >>Don't use both device pcm and the .ko modules. The sound won't work at > >> all or, if it does, not properly. You may not even have any keyboard > >> beeps (^G's) if both are loaded. > > > >I find I only add the device pcm line to my kernel and everything works > > fine. Gnome, KDE, console beeps. Everything works and I don't usually > > worry about the sound servers. When you install one of the window > > managers, as long as you install the multimedia package, the correct > > sound server gets installed too. This has been working for me for about > > 5 years now. > > > >HTH > > Update here...I have removed the entries in /boot/loader.conf and now > only have the kernel compiled with my 'device PCM' entry. > > 'dmesg | grep pcm' shows my soundcard entry and cat /dev/sndstat shows > it as well. > > I have rebooted after taking the entries out of loader.conf. > > When I try something like > > % play KDE_Beep_Ahem.wav > > I get: > > play: /dev/dsp: Operation not supported by device > > What might be causing this that I could look into? > %play /usr/local/share/sounds/KDE_Beep_Ahem.wav play: /dev/dsp: Operation not supported by device I get that same message after I've shut down the arts server However artsplay /usr/local/share/sounds/KDE_Beep_Ahem.wav works fine as long as artsd is running %ps -ax | grep arts 14333 p0 S 0:01.69 artsd 14343 p0 R+ 0:00.00 grep arts If you have KDE installed, try: %artsd & %artsplay /usr/local/share/sounds/KDE_Beep_Ahem.wav You should hear Mr Ahem clear his throat right from the command line. Tim
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