Karl Fogel wrote: > Anyway, I'm unable to find the right /dev device for the card. FAQs > (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/3991/lspaudio_alsa.html, > for example) indicate that > > /dev/snd/pcmC0D0 > > should be my card.
This is wrong. You name is pcmC0D0p for playback and pcmC0D0c for capture (in both cases card 0, device 0). > I tried it with various other pcm* devices in that directory; this > time they remained 0 bytes -- but still no sounds came out. You cannot use these files directly, they need some magic IOCTLs to be set up propertly. Try "aplay something.wav". > I'm fairly ignorant of the voodoo that creates device files -- in fact > (I'm belatedly ashamed to admit) I don't even know whether they get > recreated every time the kernel boots, or if they're somehow "really > there" in the filesystem, as directory entries or inodes with special > meta bits. Both. ;-) It depends on whether you're using devfs. HTH Clemens ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
