Re: The Sound of Silence

2001-08-28 Thread Mike McGuire
On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 09:33:21AM +0900, Curt Howland wrote: Sorry for the multiple replies, but I have some new data. Adding to the audio group didn't work, because the SB modules never loaded. I have figured out finally that the sound card modle is ES1869, but I have not yet found any

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2001-08-27 Thread Curt Howland
Some success: Using the google search, I was able to find an example of the ess1869 sound card under Linux. Now, at least the sound modules load, and YIFF sound driver says it's working in the boot startup messages. However, I still cannot open /dev/dsp And yes, I did make the changes

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2001-08-27 Thread Curt Howland
One more comment: I continue to get /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy when trying to use sound. If I cat message.au /dev/audio even as root, I get the message /dev/audio Device or resource busy. Also, reading the sound HowTo has not been helpful, it's all well and good if things *work*, but

Re: The Sound of Silence

2001-08-27 Thread Curt Howland
Ok, finally something real. It's yiff that's dominating the sound files: #fuser -v /dev/dsp USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/dsp root245 f yiff #ps auxwww USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 245 0.1

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: Re: The Sound of Silence]]

2001-08-27 Thread Oliver Elphick
Curt Howland wrote: One more comment: I continue to get /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy when trying to use sound. If I cat message.au /dev/audio even as root, I get the message /dev/audio Device or resource busy. Some other program has it open. -- Oliver Elphick

Re: The Sound of Silence

2001-08-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 04:22:11PM +0900, Curt Howland wrote: Ok, finally something real. It's yiff that's dominating the sound files: #fuser -v /dev/dsp USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/dsp root245 f yiff #ps auxwww USER PID %CPU

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: Re: The Sound of Silence]]

2001-08-27 Thread Rich Rudnick
* Oliver Elphick (olly@lfix.co.uk) wrote: Curt Howland wrote: One more comment: I continue to get /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy when trying to use sound. If I cat message.au /dev/audio even as root, I get the message /dev/audio Device or resource busy. Some other

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2001-08-27 Thread Timeboy
On Monday Aug 27, 08:08 Curt Howland wrote: Some success: Using the google search, I was able to find an example of the ess1869 sound card under Linux. Now, at least the sound modules load, and YIFF sound driver says it's working in the boot startup messages. However, I still cannot open

Re: The Sound of Silence

2001-08-26 Thread Curt Howland
I'm getting the feeling that the module just isn't working, because on boot the error is: Starting Y Sound Server: /dev/dsp: Cannot open for playing. I believe now that the sbc60xxwdt module is wrong, I should be using the sb one. The problem is the module won't auto-probe, it dies with an

Re: The Sound of Silence

2001-08-26 Thread Curt Howland
Sorry for the multiple replies, but I have some new data. Adding to the audio group didn't work, because the SB modules never loaded. I have figured out finally that the sound card modle is ES1869, but I have not yet found any information on manufacturer other than this model number. If anyone

Re: The Sound of Silence

2001-08-25 Thread Sean Quinlan
* Curt Howland [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-08-25 04:00): The error now is something like Cannot Open /dev/dsp and the sound still does not work. Add yourself to the audio group like this # adduser curt audio Logout, log in again, and then try your sound, it should work now. Cheers, Sean --

Re: The Sound of Silence

2001-08-25 Thread harshu
hi, So I am using the sbc60xxwdt module. The error now is something like Cannot Open /dev/dsp and the sound still does not work. This typically happens when the module is not yet loaded. It also happens if the permissions of /dev/dsp /dev/mixer are not correct. you could change the

The Sound of Silence

2001-08-24 Thread Curt Howland
Please reply by email too, since the digest is a pain to read. Thanks. I finally got the modules somewhat resolved. The manual says Sound Blaster compatable card, but when I try to use the sb module it chokes on IRQ conflict. So I am using the sbc60xxwdt module. The error now is something like

Missing modules and the sound of silence

2000-09-19 Thread Glyn Millington
Hello! I've been compiling a new kernel (2.2.17 on Potato)to allow for sound support; I've done it three times and each time it hasn't worked! The steps I've followed are these (having unpacked the kernel source in a directory off /usr/local/src..) 1. make xconfig set up what I want

Re: Missing modules and the sound of silence

2000-09-19 Thread Pat Mahoney
On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 05:39:49PM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: Hello! I've been compiling a new kernel (2.2.17 on Potato)to allow for sound support; I've done it three times and each time it hasn't worked! The steps I've followed are these (having unpacked the kernel source in a

Re: Missing modules and the sound of silence

2000-09-19 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Hello Glyn, Take a peek at these notes my brother posts. I find it a lot easier to follow them then the man pages! http://outcast-consultants.redmond.or.us/files/linux.doc Good luck and happy compiling Regards On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Glyn Millington wrote: Hello! I've been compiling a new

Re: Missing modules and the sound of silence

2000-09-19 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Missing modules and the sound of silence Date: Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 05:39:49PM +0100 In reply to:Glyn Millington Quoting Glyn Millington([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hello! I've been compiling a new kernel (2.2.17 on Potato)to allow for sound support; I've done it three

The sound of silence

2000-01-08 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
The card in question is an Aureal Vortex 3D. After some fruitless kernel-wrestling I discovered the only Linux support is with OSS. So I got an eval license of that and compiled it for my system (kernel 2.2.13 SMP) However when I execute soundon and try and play something, there are no errors