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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nntp.wwwi.com!rtd.com!dgy From: dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP: Sound Date: 21 Jun 1996 01:58:53 GMT Organization: CICDO Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4qcvkt$6vl@baygull.rtd.com> References: <4q5sqp$giv@bamboo.verinet.com> <31C9E5C6.41C67EA6@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: seagull.rtd.com In article <31C9E5C6.41C67EA6@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de>, Gunnar Pruessner <pruess@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: >Hi! >I have a soundcart: Something Soundblaster Pro 3.1 compatible >And now: I want to hear some sound ... How can I do it? > >I installed playmidi, but whenever I try to use it, it says: > >pruess@pruess:~> playmidi demo0002.mid >playmidi: No playback device set. Aborting. >pruess@pruess:~> > >What the hell is a "playback device"? > >Is it /dev/sb0 or something else? >And how can I tell playmidi to use this device? By EnvVar? >And how can I test my soundcart if it works well? look through /dev/MAKEDEV