From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 8 19:27:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9970537B419 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2002 19:27:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16ZOAN-000NVI-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 09 Feb 2002 03:27:07 +0000 Received: from angel.raggedclown.net (angel.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.7]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [buffy]) with ESMTP id D278113040 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 04:27:06 +0100 (CET) Received: by angel.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [angel], from userid 1001) id C2ACF22590; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 04:27:06 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 04:27:06 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Live! or PCI512 help Message-ID: <20020209032706.GA6163@raggedclown.net> References: <20020208061835.GA7901@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 01:45:36AM -0600, Bob Giesen wrote: > On Friday 08 February 2002 12:18 am, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > 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 > > > > .. 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). > > Quitting X did, indeed, take care of the error message. I tried > "play" with several wav files and got no error messages -- or any > other output (visual or audible), for that matter. After typing the > command and pressing [Enter}, there was a brief delay (~1-2 seconds) > before I got my prompt back. Presumably, "play" chewed on the files > in the interim, but all's still quiet... > Mmm. I have done some more experiements, since installing 4.5-RELEASE I have not used sound much. It sems to work sometimes, and sometimes not. One strange thing is that startup sound from KDE is not heard until you alt/F into another console and then it plays it ! Does seem to be something wrong with the driver... -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message