Alex Salmon wrote:
> My friend is new to linux and is trying to get everything working. He
> uused DrakConf to get sound drivers working it played the test no prob but
> gave an error about somthing to do w/ dsp he cant remember.
>
> when he tries to use play the following happens
>
> [root@smithy]#play ./Message.wav
> sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp' : no such device
>
> what could this mean it is a sound blaster live
I assume he's using Mandrake 7 or above (because you mention DrakConf),
and so I'm puzzled a bit. I've personally installed Mandrake 7 and 7.1
on a machine with a SB Live with no problems at all - ie, Mandrake
correctly detected the card and installed drivers for it, no need to
change anything. So - did the install go OK? Any strange error messages?
I'm vaguely wondering if sound was working OK, but your friend broke
something using DrakConf? In my experience, you should be able to
install Mandrake 7 and above and use a Sound Blaster Live without any
further configuration. Do you have any other info about his machine?
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