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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.netspace.net.au!not-for-mail From: ahill@stang.netspace.net.au (Anthony Hill) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: clobbered /dev/audio Date: 27 Jun 1995 14:51:49 +1000 Organization: NetSpace Online Systems Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3so2p5$8ct@stang.netspace.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: netspace.net.au Summary: Clobbered my audio device where can I get a new one ? Keywords: audio sb /dev/audio dolt! Heres a goody - I got my SB16 going the other day (thanks all involved), and played a few .AU and .MP2 files using a few applications from the ports collection - very nice ! So then I got a bit cocky and tryed cat filename.au > /dev/audio and it played OK (bit scratchy - but OK). So now I was feeling real cocky, and tryed to get Netscape to play a file - save file to .... /dev/audio - and it plays - a bit slow and scratchy - so I stopped the download. The next time I try to cat a file to /dev/audio - nothing - so I try 'file /dev/audio' and it tells me that it is a 8 bit audio .au file. - DOLT. So I tryed MAKEDEV audio - but it just responds with 'no such device' - I tryed rm audio, then MAKEDEV audio - still no such device. How can I make a new /dev/audio file, and how did I kill my old one ? P.S. the audio applications I compiled from the ports collection still work fine - although I am unable to get a CD player to work - is there a CD player that works with the SB16 cd drive ?