I just did that to be sure and it still does the same thing. Is there any basic thing I can do to test the sound without using XMMS? that would enable me to make sure it's not just an XMMS problem.
-D On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 06:28, Courtney Thomas wrote: > Didier Malenfant wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 23:16, Cameron Matheson wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Is it possible that you haven't created your audio devices? Example: > > > > > > # cd /dev > > > # ./MAKEDEV audio > > > > > > other than that you should be fine... > > > > > > Cameron Matheson > > > > Nope, audio seems like it's there ok: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /dev/audio > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Nov 30 2000 /dev/audio > > > > On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 19:11, Christian Eyre wrote: > > > For starters, maybe try to run xmms in root to see if the problem > > stops. If it does, then its a permissions problem. > > > > > > eg if, > > > "ls -al /dev/dsp > > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Jun 24 2001 /dev/dsp" > > > then, > > > "usermod -G audio username" > > > > That's the first problem I had, xmms wouldn't even run because it > > couldn't open /dev/dsp > > > > The problem I'm describing here is after adding my username to the audio > > group. > > > > On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 04:27, Courtney Thomas wrote: > > > What command did you use to determine that sndstat was empty ? > > > > > > Cordially, > > > > > > Courtney > > > > I did 'cat /dev/sndstat' is there anything else I should do instead? > > > > Like this: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /dev/sndstat > > OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130 > > Load type: Driver loaded as a module > > Kernel: Linux blue 2.2.18pre21 #1 Sat Nov 18 18:47:15 EST 2000 i686 > > Config options: 0 > > > > Installed drivers: > > > > Card config: > > > > Audio devices: > > > > Synth devices: > > > > Midi devices: > > > > Timers: > > 0: System clock > > > > Mixers: > > > > Thanks for the help, > > -D > > My card works OK and I get nothing when I cat /dev/sndstat, but I'm > running 2.4.6, if that's the difference. > > I had your problem until I ran XMMS under root, so permissions was my > problem. > > Thank you for your reply, > > Courtney
