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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
To: Aaron Newsome <aaron.d.newsome@wdc.com>
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Subject: Re: Could not open /dev/dsp with mpg123
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On Mon, 11 May 1998, Aaron Newsome wrote:

> This all seems to work OK. The first program I tried was my CD player
> application (kscd, included with KDE). This seemed to work fine, as did
> the kmix program (a mixer applet also included with KDE). Next I tried
> mpg123 and that's when the problems started.
> 
> Mpg123 says it cannot open /dev/dsp. I downloaded and compiled the
> latest mpg123 just in case something was *wrong* with the mpg123 I had
> already. Mpg123 previously worked fine with my OSS commercial drivers
> from 4front-Tech (all except the PC locking up after 30 or so hours of
> continous sound output, which is why I am trying ALSA to begin with).

Module snd-pcm-oss isn't probably for some reason loaded. Without this
add-on module which emulates OSS's digital audio can't be run any OSS
/dev/dsp applications. Try 'modprobe snd-pcm-oss'. 

> cat /etc/conf.modules
> =================
> alias char-major-14 off
> alias snd-minor-oss-0 snd-mixer
> alias snd-minor-oss-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias snd-minor-oss-4 snd-pcm-oss
> alias snd-minor-oss-5 snd-pcm-oss
> alias snd-card-0 snd-sb16
> options snd snd_major=14 snd_cards_limit=2
> options snd-sb16 snd_index=1 snd_port=0x220 snd_irq=5 snd_dma8=1
> snd_dma16=6

Looks good. There must be some problem with kerneld or kmod.

						Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
Academic Computer Centre, University of South Bohemia
Branisovska 31, C. Budejovice, CZ-370 05 Czech Republic


