On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Arlo wrote: > I know this is probably a stupid question and maybe I'm just missing something > really obvious, but how can I determin what device under /dev/ is my sound > card using. > I'm using the sound chip (Intel8x0) built into the Asus A7N8x motherboard, and > I followed the instructions in the alsa guide on the gentoo site. my sound > works fine from noatun, aplay, etc.. > However I'm setting up Mythtv and I need to specify the device. Everyone on > the mailing lists seems to have a device /dev/dsp, I don't. Many app (xawtv, > Mythtv) look at /dev/dsp by default for sound. > > Do I have to create /dev/dsp? > > do I need to add an option to modules.conf (via /etc/module.autoload.d/alsa, > modules-update)? > > I install alsa-oss if it maters.
With devfs, all your sound devices are in /dev/sound/. If you can specify the device, try /dev/sound/dsp or /dev/sound/adsp. -- Marshal Newrock, unemployed Linux user in Lansing, MI Caution: Product will be hot after heating -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
