I am able to get speak-freely version 6.1b-2 to work fine on a mixed bo/hamm system. I can't explain your problem but the debian package works fine for me with a standard soundblaster 16 (ie. definately not a full-duplex card).
Adam. ------------------------ Internet Alaska ------------------------- 4050 Lake Otis Adam Shand (v) +1 907 562 4638 Anchorage, Alaska Systems Administrator (f) +1 907 562 1677 ----------------- http://larry.earthlight.co.nz ------------------ > AFAIK the standard version of speak-freely is compiled with the "DUPLEX" > option, so it works only with the fully duplex capable hardware<->driver. > AFAIK most of the drivers available in OSS-Free included into Linux system > do not support the full duplex. > Get the source version of speek-freely package, set the > DUPLEX= -HALF_DUPLEX > in the Makefile, and rebuild the package. > > Wojtek Zabolotny > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Luke Bussanmas wrote: > > > I am unable to get Speak-Freely to work on my system. The sfspeaker > > program outputs: > > > > opening audio output device: Device or resource busy > > > > Repeated several dozen times after attempting to communicate with an echo > > server. I realize this means that /dev/audio is still being controlled by > > another program, however I don't see a way to fix the problem. > > > > I can also easliy do cat /dev/audio > temp.au; cat temp.au > /dev/audio; > > and hear what I spoke into the microphone..... > > > > TIA > > > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
