Re: sound question

[B Mohrgan Pratten]

Abhinav Keswani wrote:

> root@rocky:/home/abi > cat /usr/share/sounds/wav/applause.wav > /dev/dsp
> bash: /dev/dsp: Device not configured

>From <installed dir>oss/docs/using_oss.txt:
IMPORTANT! First of all. Do _NOT_ use the "cat" command to play sounds.
It will give incorrect results in most cases. Problems caused by
use of "cat" are the most common ones reported to our technical support.

I would suggest reading this file and the other oss docs as they relate
to your sound chip.

Mohrgan.