From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 28 16: 2:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 971A837B506 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 16:02:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parish ([62.255.96.31]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000928230207.KRDM19246.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@parish>; Fri, 29 Sep 2000 00:02:07 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e8SN1vn00855; Fri, 29 Sep 2000 00:01:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 00:01:56 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Danny Cc: Elitetek , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how Message-ID: <20000929000156.D255@parish> References: <002101c0285e$67ce3ce0$da21bc40@tekrealm.net> <00092907502503.00344@freebsd.freebsd.org> <20000928153621.A253@parish> 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: <20000928153621.A253@parish>; from marko@freebsd.org on Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:36:21PM +0100 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:36:21PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > 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. Following up on my own post.... After sending this I posted to -stable suggesting that a .au file is included in the base system for just this purpose (it is a commonly suggested test for he common questions about setting up sound). Soneone replied that there is another file that can be used (although not using cat(1)). This is the reply: There may be no .au files in the base system, but there are some audio files and a utility to convert them. For basic sound testing, I use: g711conv -a /dev/audio this stuff has been in the base system for a long time now, though g711conv used to be called alaw2ulaw in a previous version. > 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 -- 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