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Date:      Fri, 6 Nov 1998 17:32:54 -0800 (PST)
From:      Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net>
To:        FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Audio trouble...
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.981106173007.15750V-100000@ds9.dreamhaven.org>

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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?

Thanks in advance!

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*       Bryce Newall       *       Email: data@dreamhaven.net        *
*               WWW: http://home.dreamhaven.net/~data                *
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