Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 07:18:35 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Live! or PCI512 help Message-ID: <20020208061835.GA7901@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <E16Z0Ke-0007iE-00@hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net> References: <E16Z0Ke-0007iE-00@hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net>
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On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 08:00:02PM -0600, Bob Giesen wrote: > I have a SoundBlaster PCI512 -- which, I've read, is essentially > the same as a Live! card. I can't get mine to make a sound in FBSD. > (Sings like a canary in m$, so I know it works...) If you're > <snip> .. all the /dev stuff looks just fine > Curiously, I just tried a different command (about which I know > very little, so I might have used it wrong) and got an odd error: > > # play /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/sounds/info.wav > sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': Device busy > Try running the "play" command again *without* X running. It will fail with the error message you mentioned if your WM has grabbed /dev/dsp (for example artsd does with kde). -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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