fox2mike 06/03/25 06:59:01 Modified: alsa-guide.xml Log: Removed stupid section on catting /dev/urandom. Closes bug #119019 as well.
Revision Changes Path 1.65 xml/htdocs/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml?rev=1.65&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml?rev=1.65&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml.diff?r1=1.64&r2=1.65&cvsroot=gentoo Index: alsa-guide.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml,v retrieving revision 1.64 retrieving revision 1.65 diff -u -r1.64 -r1.65 --- alsa-guide.xml 1 Jan 2006 11:51:43 -0000 1.64 +++ alsa-guide.xml 25 Mar 2006 06:59:01 -0000 1.65 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml,v 1.64 2006/01/01 11:51:43 neysx Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml,v 1.65 2006/03/25 06:59:01 fox2mike Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>2.10</version> -<date>2005-09-10</date> +<version>2.11</version> +<date>2006-03-25</date> <chapter> <title>Introduction</title> @@ -605,29 +605,6 @@ <body> <p> -The irritating way to check your soundcard is to see if you can hear static on -the speakers. This isn't exactly fun, but hey, it tells you the card is -configured and working. -</p> - -<pre caption="Bring on the static"> -# <i>cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp</i> -</pre> - -<note> -<path>/dev/dsp</path> is a symlink to <path>/dev/sound/dsp</path> and should be -automatically created. Try re-directing the output to -<path>/dev/sound/dsp</path> in case you don't get a "No such file or directory" -error. -</note> - -<p> -You should hear static. Press <c>Ctrl + C</c> to stop. If you don't hear -anything, now is a good time to go back and check/trace out the issue and -rectify it. -</p> - -<p> Finally. Some music. If everything above is perfect, you should now be able to listen to some good music. A quick way to test is to use a command line tool like <c>media-sound/madplay</c>. You could also use something more well known -- [email protected] mailing list
