Thanks for this clarification Naren, it was news to me ... Bish
On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 09:59:00AM -0800, Naren Devaiah wrote: > The /dev/sound/* notation/convention is used by the devfs code. > The device file system does not quite work the same way as the > earlier /dev stuff. > > Also, not all drivers support devfs fully (if at all!). > Make sure the drivers you are using know about devfs and make use of > that. Also, the applications that use the sound device need to be told of > the different naming conventions. > > Read more about the devfs at > http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html > > -Naren > > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, USM Bish wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:15:24PM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > > For me saytime program was working in mdk 8.0. But in mdk > > > 8.1 it is not working and msg says /dev/audio could not be > > > found. > > > > This is strange. Did you re-install or upgrade ? The device > > /dev/audio is usually set up during the installation. > > > > > > > > I did ln -s /dev/sound/dsp /dev/audio I am getting garbled > > > sound. How to go about to make saytime to work? > > > > > > > Did you confirm that /dev/audio was not present, before you > > took this step ? In any case, you have no option now but to > > re-make your /dev/audio. A symlink to /dev/dsp may not work. > > I also notice that you have annotated /dev/sound/dsp. This is > > perhaps MDK specific ... > > > > On my Slack box, the /dev/audio and /dev/dsp can be created > > as follows: > > > > #makedev c 0664 root sys 14 3 dsp > > #makedev c 0664 root sys 14 4 audio > > > > Please note that the minor numbers vary. A symlink is unlikely > > to get the correct kernel responses because of incorrect minor > > number. > > > > If you have MDK-8.0 somewhere, check the major/ minor numbers > > and create the device /dev/audio using above syntax. In case > > you do not, re-confirm the major/ minor with some other users > > of MDK before committing yourself ... my numbers will NOT be > > correct for your system ! Also crosscheck on the ownership. > > > > HTH > > > > Bish > > > > > > -- > > : > > ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### > > > > Sub : Erasing at the command prompt LOST #198 > > > > To erase a line you've written at the command prompt, use: > > "Ctrl u" > > > > ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>######################################## > > : > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-india-help mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help ---end quoted text--- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Killing a Process (#3) LOST #150 To kill a process by name, use the killall command. To kill a failed fetchmail session on tty1 as an user, log into another console, and issue the command "killall fetchmail". Be careful with this command as root, since all instances of the program used by *all* users will be killed !!! ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
