I'm investigating this further now, and have another test case. On a system with an appropriate sound device:
-anarres:~> strace -e exit_group,open,dup,read bash /dev/mixer ... open("/dev/mixer", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 dup2(3, 255) = 255 read(255, 0x80ec1f8, 1) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) exit_group(0) = ? -anarres:~> Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]