Nope, just tried that too. I also, as someone suggested, tried to just cat a raw file to /dev/dsp and that justs hangs.
I wish I could find the right steps to get an idea of where the problem lies. -D On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 13:17, Courtney Thomas wrote: > Didier, > > Check your preferences by right clicking on the XMMS desktop icon, the > options, then preferences and use your mp3 input plugin [enable it] and > use your esd output plugin [enable it] and see if this helps. > > I just tried my XMMS and when it first came up the plugins weren't > enabled. > > Kind regards, > > Courtney > > > > > Didier Malenfant wrote: > > > > It's not an xmms problem. > > > > I have two files to try, a .raw and a .au > > > > Catting those to /dev/dsp just hangs there, no sound and I have to > > CTRL-C out of it. > > > > -D > > > > On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 12:24, Courtney Thomas wrote: > > > Didier Malenfant wrote: > > > > > > > > I just did that to be sure and it still does the same thing. > > > > > > > > Is there any basic thing I can do to test the sound without using XMMS? > > > > that would enable me to make sure it's not just an XMMS problem. > > > > > > > > -D > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 06:28, Courtney Thomas wrote: > > > > > Didier Malenfant wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 23:16, Cameron Matheson wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible that you haven't created your audio devices? > > > > > > > Example: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > # cd /dev > > > > > > > # ./MAKEDEV audio > > > > > > > > > > > > > > other than that you should be fine... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cameron Matheson > > > > > > > > > > > > Nope, audio seems like it's there ok: > > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /dev/audio > > > > > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Nov 30 2000 /dev/audio > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 19:11, Christian Eyre wrote: > > > > > > > For starters, maybe try to run xmms in root to see if the problem > > > > > > stops. If it does, then its a permissions problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > eg if, > > > > > > > "ls -al /dev/dsp > > > > > > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Jun 24 2001 > > > > > > > /dev/dsp" > > > > > > > then, > > > > > > > "usermod -G audio username" > > > > > > > > > > > > That's the first problem I had, xmms wouldn't even run because it > > > > > > couldn't open /dev/dsp > > > > > > > > > > > > The problem I'm describing here is after adding my username to the > > > > > > audio > > > > > > group. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 04:27, Courtney Thomas wrote: > > > > > > > What command did you use to determine that sndstat was empty ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cordially, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Courtney > > > > > > > > > > > > I did 'cat /dev/sndstat' is there anything else I should do instead? > > > > > > > > > > > > Like this: > > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /dev/sndstat > > > > > > OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130 > > > > > > Load type: Driver loaded as a module > > > > > > Kernel: Linux blue 2.2.18pre21 #1 Sat Nov 18 18:47:15 EST 2000 i686 > > > > > > Config options: 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > Installed drivers: > > > > > > > > > > > > Card config: > > > > > > > > > > > > Audio devices: > > > > > > > > > > > > Synth devices: > > > > > > > > > > > > Midi devices: > > > > > > > > > > > > Timers: > > > > > > 0: System clock > > > > > > > > > > > > Mixers: > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the help, > > > > > > -D > > > > > > > > > > My card works OK and I get nothing when I cat /dev/sndstat, but I'm > > > > > running 2.4.6, if that's the difference. > > > > > > > > > > I had your problem until I ran XMMS under root, so permissions was my > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your reply, > > > > > > > > > > Courtney > > > > > > Yes. > > > > > > cat a_sound_file >/dev/dsp > > > > > > Get a_sound_file from mp3.com if you have none.
