[wellylug] /dev/dsp permission

Sam Cannell plaz at addict.net.nz
Fri Jun 6 15:01:07 NZST 2003


Edouard Chalaron wrote:

>Thanks Sam for the "howto, made simple"
>Unfortunately the soft I am using is still replying a "unable to open audio 
>device /dev/dsp"
>Strangely all other applications are doing their beeps and clongs, 
>windowslike music at the startup and closing a KDE cession....
>should the /dev/sound/dsp be 664 ? as well as the link to it ?
>
>I am lost..... :-(
>Edouard
>  
>
Ah!

Chances are KDE is running something similar to esound ( 
http://www.tux.org/~ricdude/EsounD.html ) which is grabbing the dsp device.

Can you play audio using one of KDE's supplied programs?  Something like 
kwave or kaboodle.




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