Re: /dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-20 Thread Tiarnan O'Corrain
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: unfortunately, i don't have an *.raw files to try so i simply tried to cat somefile.wav /dev/dsp (and also to /dev/audio) both produce sound a screeching sound reminiscent of japanese noise bands :) That's good sign! It shows the device is configured. Do any

/dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-20 Thread epilogue
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 02:33:54 -0700 (PDT) Tiarnan O'Corrain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: unfortunately, i don't have an *.raw files to try so i simply tried to cat somefile.wav /dev/dsp (and also to /dev/audio) both produce sound a screeching sound reminiscent

Re: /dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-19 Thread Tiarnan O'Corrain
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Tiarnan, Thanks for your input. I had already turned off the PNPBIOS option. I tried your suggestion of recompiling with: options PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES Judging by dmesg, it made no difference. It also did not allow any of the software to

/dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-19 Thread epilogue
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 01:14:08 -0700 (PDT) Tiarnan O'Corrain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Tiarnan, Thanks for your input. I had already turned off the PNPBIOS option. I tried your suggestion of recompiling with: options

/dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-18 Thread epilogue
To my knowledge, fluxbox does not have a default sound server. It is only a window manager, not a full desktop environment like Gnome or KDE. Sound card: pcm0: ESS Technology Maestro-2E at I/O port 0x1400 irq 5 (4p/0r/0v channels duplex) On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:51:54 -0700 Mike

Re: /dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-18 Thread Tiarnan O'Corrain
Hello, try recompiling your kernel with options PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES set. This sorted out my problems with that card. Hope this helps Tiarnan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: /dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-18 Thread Tiarnan O'Corrain
Hi, apologies for replying to my own message, but an additional point... turn off PNPBIOS, and make sure that your BIOS is set to non PNP operating system. T ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: /dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-18 Thread Mike Maltese
Hmm, I don't know anything about fluxbox other than what it is, I've always run KDE or Gnome. I'm not sure you necessarily need one. I used mpg123 to play mp3's on a server once just for kicks, and I didn't have to have any kind of extra sound system. The documentation from the programs you want

/dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-18 Thread otzinger
Hello Tiarnan, Thanks for your input. I had already turned off the PNPBIOS option. I tried your suggestion of recompiling with: options PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES Judging by dmesg, it made no difference. It also did not allow any of the software to access /dev/dsp. Same error messages

/dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-18 Thread epilogue
Hello Tiarnan, Thanks for your input. I had already turned off the PNPBIOS option. I tried your suggestion of recompiling with: options PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES Judging by dmesg, it made no difference. It also did not allow any of the software to access /dev/dsp. Same error messages

/dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-17 Thread epilogue
hello all, i have been playing with FBSD for almost a year now. i would very much like to use it for music recording and editing. i have installed several programs (audacity, spiral synth modular, etc.) which all want to access /dev/dsp, however that device only responds with error messages

Re: /dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-17 Thread Mike Maltese
Here are a couple of links that may be helpful: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/09/19/FreeBSD_Basics.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia.html hello all, i have been playing with FBSD for almost a year now. i would very much like to use it for music

Re: /dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-17 Thread Mike Maltese
I should have asked this also - what desktop are you running? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

/dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-17 Thread epilogue
hi mike, thanks for your super quick replies! 1) i already checked out the info in the handbook as well as that article at onlamp. alas, no results. 2) my desktop -- XFree86-4.3.0,1 and window manger -- fluxbox-0.1.14_2. hope this helps. ___ [EMAIL

Re: /dev/dsp inaccessible

2003-08-17 Thread Mike Maltese
I had a problem with KDE and arts at one time. IIRC, I had to manually point the applications at the different virtual sound devices. What sound server does fluxbox use? Also, what sound card are you running? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list