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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 21:39:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net>
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Subject: Re: Audio trouble...
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On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Bryce Newall wrote:

> Hello again,
> 
> This one's actually been plaguing me for a long time, but I never bothered
> to write about it until now.  I have a SoundBlaster 16 ASP card in my
> FreeBSD box (older legacy board, not Plug-and-Pray.. er, Play).  It's
> configured on IRQ10, and the system finds it when it boots up:
> 
> sb0 at 0x220 irq 10 drq 1 on isa
> sb0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.5>
> sbxvi0 at 0x0 drq 5 on isa
> sbxvi0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.5>
> sbmidi0 at 0x330 on isa
>  <SoundBlaster MPU-401>
> opl0 at 0x388 on isa
> opl0: <Yamaha OPL-3 FM>
> 
> However, whenever I try to cat a file to /dev/audio, be it a .au, .wav, or
> whatever, I always get:
> 
> /dev/audio: Device busy.
> 
> I get that if I'm root, or if I'm a user.. doesn't matter.  /dev/audio has
> the following properties:
> 
> [118]data@ds9:/home/data % ls /dev/audio
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  6 May  5  1998 /dev/audio@ -> audio0
> [119]data@ds9:/home/data % ls /dev/audio0
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   30,   4 May  5  1998 /dev/audio0
> 
> I've tried it after a fresh boot, and I get the same thing.  Any ideas?

cat /dev/sndstat 

Doug White                               
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