From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 28 7:37: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A97E37B423 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 07:36:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parish ([62.253.84.87]) by mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000928153525.DBSV23965.mta02-svc.ntlworld.com@parish>; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:35:25 +0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e8SEaQY00971; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:36:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:36:21 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Danny Cc: Elitetek , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how Message-ID: <20000928153621.A253@parish> References: <002101c0285e$67ce3ce0$da21bc40@tekrealm.net> <00092907502503.00344@freebsd.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <00092907502503.00344@freebsd.freebsd.org>; from dannyh@idx.com.au on Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 07:49:27AM +1100 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 07:49:27AM +1100, Danny wrote: > Here is a way to test your soundcard from the console > > 1) Place a Music CD into your CDROM drive > 2) Login as root > 3) Type in cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 > 4) Type play > [snip] > > more mysound.wav > /dev/pcm or /dev/snd0 You were close: cat mysound.au > /dev/audio .au files are raw audio so need no decoding. Problem is, there are no .au files in the base system. If you have python installed (maybe it was installed as a dependency) try /usr/local/lib/python1.5/test/audiotest.au or if you have Tkdesk installed look in /usr/local/lib/TkDesk/sounds/ HTH > > > > but i know it wasnt the more command that did it > > > > can anyone shed some like on this? > > > > > > EliteTek > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message