I'm having issues with sound as well, oddly enough. I can play xmms or Kscd or other gui apps, but I'm finding that "play sound.wav" doesn't work. The sox app hangs. I found that /dev/audio* and /dev/dsp are owned by root and permission 600, which may have something to do with it. It's odd that some apps, like Kscd and xmms, talk through the KDE/Gnome sound server, but things that write directly to dsp fail. e.g. my licq spools up jobs for "Message.wav" whenever a message comes in. Anyone else having this problem?
-- -j John Beamon On Tue, 14 May 2002, Chopin Cusachs wrote: > Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 17:52:54 -0500 > From: Chopin Cusachs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [brlug-general] RH 7.3 Adventures > > > Yesterday when I installed RH 7.3 it came up as desired in text > mode with KDE as default GUI. It identified and loaded module > for the Soundblaster sound card, but that died soon after I started. > > Noticed I had some unassigned hard disk space and decided to > add another vfat partition to share between Linux and the other OS. > Partition Magic said there was a discrepancy or two in the Linux > partitions, and offered to fix same, which I accepted. KDE then > locked up when I went back to Linux, and the sound card was > no longer usable. > > This morning did a fresh install. Missed the option to designate > KDE as default GUI and Gnome came up. I found I was in mode 5, > rather than 3, but managed to fix that. > > Configured the modem and got Konquorer going in my personal > account and Netscape from root. Did have a problem with > Nautilus wanting to pop open every minute or two, with a > sidebar failure, so spent much browsing time shutting that > down. Sound does work, and enjoyed a CD while I fiddled > with dialup. > > A few questions remain. First, how do I hang up the modem when > finished surfing? Don't see an icon for connect/disconnect. > Would like to be able to switch back and forth between Gnome > and KDE, but so far no luck. Book I have is a couple of versions > old, so the menu item it suggests is not to be found. Will be on > the lookout for a 7.3 book, or even one of my only slightly older > version ones that seem to have disappeared. I'd like to run > Linuxconfig, if only I can find it. Also need to set up mount of > at least one of my vfat partitions, but don't find a viewer that shows > what partitions are on the hard drive. I'm certain such a module > exists, but don't know where to look. Anybody been there, > done that? > > The main impression I get of RH 7.3 is very favorable. It did a > good job of probing and getting video card and monitor specs, > so the screens look excellent. Like the GRUB loader, too. > > All of this upgrading/reinstalling seems not to have touched the > other OS in the dual boot. Very pleasant. > > Choppy > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
