Re: No sound for really old program

2013-08-21 Thread Alan Evans
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: > > $ padsp $old-program > > Yes, that is exactly the thing I was trying to remember. Unfortunately, didn't work. Commandline complaint says it can't open the sound device nor connect to ESD. I have only the foggiest, indistinct recollection

Re: No sound for really old program

2013-08-14 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
On 08/14/2013 04:53 PM, Alan Evans wrote: > Now I do remember years back that there was some sort of wrapper I could > execute > old programs in that would allow them to work with the latest (at the time) > sound architecture. But I don't remember what it was called. And in any case, > it > pr

No sound for really old program

2013-08-14 Thread Alan Evans
Hi all! I gave my kid a netbook with Linux on it, and he noticed an ancient (circa RH6) game on one of my shelves. I told him that he could try to install it, figuring that there was no chance. But it worked! Except, no sound, which doesn't surprise me. Now I do remember years back that there was