[ILUG] Re: Soundblaster 16 funnies

[Padraig Finnerty]

On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 07:36:12PM +0100 Padraig Finnerty wrote:
> 
> > Any ideas would be great, as I'm stumped. 
> 
> Try catting it to /dev/dsp.  If that works:
> 
> rm /dev/audio
> ln -s /dev/dsp /dev/audio

Oops, this isn't right.  From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt:

--
14 char Sound card
        0 = /dev/mixer  Mixer control
        1 = /dev/sequencer Audio sequencer
        2 = /dev/midi00 First MIDI port
        3 = /dev/dsp    Digital audio
        4 = /dev/audio  Sun-compatible digital audio
        6 = /dev/sndstat   Sound card status information
--

check that /dev/dsp and /dev/audio have the right minor numbers (3 and 4
respectively) i.e.:

(/dev)% ls -l audio dsp
   0 crw-rw-rw-   1 root     sys       14,   4 May 31 20:18 audio
   0 crw-rw-rw-   1 root     sys       14,   3 May  5  1998 dsp
(/dev)%

then cat the file to /dev/audio as normal.

Padraig