From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 23 23:23:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA17702 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 23:23:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mail.virginia.edu (mail.Virginia.EDU [128.143.2.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA17697 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 23:23:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from atf3r@cs.virginia.edu) Received: from mail.cs.virginia.edu by mail.virginia.edu id aa19696; 24 Dec 97 2:23 EST Received: from mamba.cs.Virginia.EDU (mamba-fo.cs.Virginia.EDU [128.143.136.18]) by ares.cs.Virginia.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA05644; Wed, 24 Dec 1997 02:23:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (atf3r@localhost) by mamba.cs.Virginia.EDU (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA02136; Wed, 24 Dec 1997 02:23:27 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: mamba.cs.Virginia.EDU: atf3r owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 02:23:26 -0500 (EST) From: "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" Reply-To: Adrian Filipi-Martin To: Eli Lazich cc: "Jesse D. Walters" , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DOOM In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Eli Lazich wrote: > Actually I do have my soundcard compiled into the kernel and it works just > fine when I play CDs. I still get the /dev/dsp error however. I did > rename the sndserver file and doom will at least start and let me play, > but it sure would be nice to get sound also. > > Eli Try cd'ing to /dev and running "./MAKEDEV snd0". This should make the dsp device as well as all the other sound devices. I suppose another possible cause for the error message is that you have the /dev/dsp device node and that it is in use. DO you have any sound programs running when you try to start doom? Is there an left over sndserver frm a previous invocation? Adrian -- adrian@virginia.edu ---->>>>| If I were stranded on a desert island, and System Administrator --->>>| I could only have one OS for my computer, Neurosurgical Visualzation Lab -->>| it would be FreeBSD. Think about it..... http://www.nvl.virginia.edu/ ->| http://www.freebsd.org/